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SA universities move beyond AI detection tools

SA universities move beyond AI detection tools

For many South African universities, AI detection tools are only one component of a broader approach to safeguarding academic integrity. (Image source: 123RF) South African universities are adopting increasingly cautious positions on artificial intelligence detection tools. Some have discontinued their use, one has never adopted them, and many emphasise that AI-generated content detectors cannot be…

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Innovators – especially in the Global South – are too often locked out of funding and opportunity despite offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Malaria wasn’t on Masaki Umeda’s mind when his drone startup, SORA Technology, launched in 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Back then, he and his colleagues were focused on…

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Africa: ‘One Injection Protects Up to Six Months’ – What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

As South Africa becomes the ninth African country to introduce the use of new long-acting drug lenacapavir for HIV prevention, RFI spoke with infectious disease specialist Ndong Essomba Bitchoka about how the treatment works, whether the supply will meet demand and why developing an HIV vaccine remains a challenge. New long-acting antiretroviral treatment lenacapavir requires…

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