To be useful, an AI model has to make judgment calls. That means ranking things: deciding that this matters more than that. Judgment calls imply values, and values are central to what we call character. Applied across thousands of decisions, that ranking shapes an AI’s character. Even in humans, character does not apply itself evenly….
Rising oil prices are knocking the U.S. stock market further from its record high on Monday, while building pressure even higher within the U.S. bond market. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% and gave back most of its gains from last week, which had brought it to the brink of its all-time high. The Dow Jones…
President Paul Kagame has urged Africa’s young people to take ownership of their future, saying meaningful change begins with the courage to make difficult choices and reject circumstances they don’t want. He made the remarks on Tuesday, August 25, during a presidential panel at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum in Kigali, where he challenged young…
Tourists and vacationers sit and lie on their towels on the beach, others play and swim in the English Channel in Saint Pol de Leon, France. Nicolas Guyonnet | Afp | Getty Images Europe’s jet fuel crisis is threatening peak travel season, but consumers are instead looking to holiday closer to home to save money…
Financial fraud presents a direct reputational exposure for listed companies. Financial fraud is no longer a peripheral concern for large organisations. It sits on audit committee agendas, features in board risk registers and has become a direct reputational exposure for listed companies. The question for CFOs and their teams is not whether controls are needed,…
With hyper-connectivity at peak levels, digital minimalism is gaining momentum internationally. (Image created via ChatGPT) As hyper-connectivity reaches saturation point, a global counter-trend of digital minimalism is rising in 2026, driven by a socio-cultural shift toward analogue living and privacy. This is one of the key findings of the Flux Trends report, “The state we’re…
EPA/Shutterstock The Republic Day parade is a display of India’s culture, achievements and military might India will mark its 77th Republic Day on 26 January – the day when the country adopted its constitution and formally became a republic, breaking from its colonial past. The annual grand parade will take place along Delhi’s iconic central…
Rahana Vally, Director at Brilliant Link. (Image: Supplied) As organisations enter a new financial year in March, many finance and operational leaders are reviewing their technology landscape, weighing up whether their current systems can support growth, automation and smarter decision-making. For those considering a new ERP platform, the same pattern plays out repeatedly: the product…
Greenland‘s prime minister said “we choose Denmark” over the U.S., on the eve of Wednesday’s meeting between the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Greenlandic Prime…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he has spoken with the leaders of France, the U.K. and Germany about a proposed 28-point peace plan from the Trump administration to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. He said the leaders “value the efforts of the United States, President Trump, and his team aimed at ending this…
