South African AI experts support stronger provenance but warn Claude’s watermark cannot prove who authored or misused content. (Image created via ChatGPT) Anthropic’s move to embed an invisible watermark in content generated by its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) model is pushing AI content identification closer to traceability; however, South African AI experts warn the technology…
NewsFeed Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler @nilsadler1 reports on how far-right ‘Active Clubs’ use fitness and camaraderie to recruit young white men while masking extremist ideology. Experts warn the decentralized groups are preparing members for real-world violence. Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera…
Africa must take charge of HIV cure research or risk repeating past delays in accessing lifesaving medical innovations, the head of the Africa HIV Cure Consortium, Albert Machinda, has warned. Machinda, who is the consortium’s Principal Investigator and head of Secretariat, made the remarks during the 2026 HIV Research Community Symposium in Kampala, where he…
Sam Altman has declared that the moment the AI industry has spent a decade anticipating has arrived. “We’re now, like, in the singularity,” the OpenAI CEO said on the Relentless podcast, published on 25 July 2026. “This is the moment.” He expects it to be “incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world”. Elon Musk agreed…
Professor Kerry-Lynn Thomson, Director of the School of Information Technology at Nelson Mandela University. Organisations should move beyond trying to eliminate Shadow AI and instead focus on governance, visibility and employee education to reduce cyber risk while enabling responsible AI adoption. This is according to experts from the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa…
Strawberries are one of those fruits that you can almost always expect to be in abundance at your local grocery store. But as much as stores handle and process strawberries and other fresh produce, they still need to be thoroughly washed and cleaned when you bring them home. This is particularly important with cases of…
Vera Nagtegaal, CEO at Vouch. AI cannot replace human financial advisors, and while the technology’s speed and accessibility make it appealing, relying on it completely for financial decisions carries significant risks, according to industry experts. Vera Nagtegaal, CEO of financial advisory firm Vouch, says more South Africans are turning to AI tools for financial guidance….
Dar es Salaam — AFRICA has been urged to invest in training and retaining home-grown neuro-oncology specialists to tackle the growing burden of brain and spinal tumours and improve access to quality cancer care across the continent. The call was made on Monday by Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) Executive Director, Dr Mpoki Ulisubisya during the…
Nigeria moved to deepen economic and migration ties with Europe, even as experts at a major conference in Porto warned that artificial intelligence must be governed ethically to protect migrants and the Nigerian diaspora. The two developments dominated the second Centre for African Studies, University of Porto (CEAUP) Conference on ‘Migration, Artificial Intelligence and the…
Mombasa, Kenya — Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to the world’s oceans and ecosystems, and experts warn that solutions must go far beyond clean-up efforts and instead focus on preventing waste at its source. An estimated 14 million tonnes of plastic enter marine ecosystems every year, with wildlife suffering injury and…
