11:41 AM Lebanon, Israel conclude two days of “positive” talks: U.S. official Lebanon and Israel completed a new round of Washington-mediated negotiations in Rome on Wednesday, agreeing to implement the “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon agreed under a recent framework deal, a U.S. official said. “Talks concluded after two days of productive and positive…
After failing to block from the ballot a measure that would enact a billionaire tax in his state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now proposing a national wealth tax of his own. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. In a lengthy Substack post and video…
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate. (Source: File) Nkosana Makate, inventor of the ‘Please Call Me’ service, says he had to fund his fight against Vodacom because Black Rock Mining, which agreed to bankroll the case, never existed and had no money. Makate says Black Rock Mining, the British Virgin Islands-registered company that agreed to…
South Africa will look to reignite their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign when they take on Czechia in their second Group A fixture, with both sides eager to bounce back from opening-day defeats. Bafana Bafana suffered a 2-0 loss to hosts Mexico in their tournament opener, while Czechia were edged 2-1 by South Korea, leaving…
At war … Dario Amodei and Sam Altman If not for the intense rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI, the generative AI boom might not have arrived so quickly. In late 2022, OpenAI caught wind that Anthropic was working on an AI-powered chatbot. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman immediately directed employees to fast-track a competing product, four…
South Africa’s banking MVNOs were conceived as a defensive weapon. Banks watched mobile operators build payments platforms, accumulate transaction data and push into financial services from the connectivity side. The mobile virtual network operator was the answer: own the mobile relationship, generate behavioural data between transactions and build switching costs that make the customer harder…
I. Magdala The mountainside fortress is called Magdala. It is perched above the Ethiopian highlands, a stone fist raised against the sky. In its austere regality an eleven-year-old boy named Sahle Maryam witnessed the brutal birth of modern statecraft in 1855. His captor, Emperor Tewodros II, was a brilliant but volatile unifier who dreamed of…
Telkom failed to get its African operations to run profitably. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Official images and Freepik) A ruling is awaited from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after it heard an appeal by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and president Cyril Ramaphosa against a 2023 High Court judgement that blocked a probe into…
“It’s only four months ago that we felt very threatened by the US, so the timing is not appropriate,” says Greenlandic businesswoman and former politician, Maliina Abelsen, who thinks Landry should have waited and who declined an invitation for a meeting.
The case over OpenAI’s history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
