How AI is trying to solve retail’s returns problem
Moment Makers Group | Istock | Getty Images It pinches here; drags there; the draping is wrong. These are some of the examples of the feedback a new crop of artificial intelligence apps might give a prospective customer trying on clothing ahead of a purchase, and in the process reduce the chances of a product…
Pre-digital inertia in SA’s public sector: Digital ambition, analogue mindset
Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. South Africa’s public sector does not suffer from a lack of digital ambition. Strategies are written, systems are procured, platforms are launched and progress is reported with confidence. Yet step inside many departments, agencies and public entities, and the lived reality is…
Sen. Kaine skeptical Congress will pass $1.5T military budget
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Africa’s Quiet Pivot-From Aid Dependence to Self-Driven Growth
For decades, Africa’s place in the global economy was framed through the lens of aid,how much was given, where it went, and whether it made a difference. That narrative is steadily shifting. Across the continent, a more self-directed model is emerging, driven by trade, domestic resource mobilization, and investment. While the transition is uneven, the…
What we know so far about rescue of US airman in Iran
The US has rescued the missing crew member of the US F-15 fighter jet which was shot down over southern Iran.
Meet your AI assistant: MobiAgent set to supercharge BPO businesses
MobiAgent is designed to work alongside humans. (Image source: 123RF) By now, most business owners are well aware of the simple maxim that if you’re not using AI, you’re getting left behind. The trickier question by far is how to get AI working for your business and adding measurable, traceable value – and digital telecommunications…
Trump gives conflicting messages on war in Iran
Trump gives conflicting messages on war in Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump is threatening to escalate the war in Iran, after telling the nation on Wednesday that the conflict could end in two to three weeks. Taurean Small has more details.
How agentic AI is reshaping banking in South Africa
The author, Absa’s Lindelani Ramukumba Rewind just a few years and large language models and generative AI were barely on the public radar. Yet the technology has already evolved into its next iteration: agentic AI, a new breed of systems that are semi- or fully autonomous and able to reason and act on their own….
Kuwait’s power, water plants damaged as Iran keeps attacking Gulf states | News
Bahrain and the UAE also reported attacks resulting in fires, which were put out quickly. Kuwait has said Iranian drone attacks damaged two power and water desalination plants and sparked a fire at an oil complex, without causing injuries. Gulf countries have borne the brunt of Tehran’s response to the US and Israeli strikes on…
SA’s AI policy moves to comment phase
Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. (Source: South African Government News Agency.) Cabinet has approved the publication of the Draft South Africa Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for public comment, it said at the end of last week, with the policy likely to be implemented in the 2027/28 financial year. “The aim of the AI…