OneDayOnly ditches ‘chaotic’ AI price comparison

OneDayOnly ditches ‘chaotic’ AI price comparison

Laurian Venter, director at OneDayOnly. (Supplied) South African discount deal website OneDayOnly tried using artificial intelligence (AI) to compare prices against competitors but ditched it after the technology failed to deliver. Instead, a team manually opens “multiple tabs every single day, comparing the retailers” to ensure customers get the best prices, says Laurian Venter, director…

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Africa: Staff Union Dismisses UN Restructuring As ‘Chaotic, Incoherent, Rushed & Lacking Strategy’

Africa: Staff Union Dismisses UN Restructuring As ‘Chaotic, Incoherent, Rushed & Lacking Strategy’

United Nations — A coalition of UN staff unions, led by the 60,000-strong Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations (CCISUA), has written to UN member states criticizing the UN80 reform process as “incoherent and lacking strategy”. The union, one of the largest single coalitions in the world body, is asking the 193 member…

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