AI Impact Talk
The barrier to AI-led digital transformation was never the technology
The biggest barrier to digital transformation is rarely the technology. It’s rather the distance between the people who decide what to build, which systems to install, and which processes...
Lots of red tape to get money out of SA – AI tax tool helps navigate the maze
As exchange control rules grow more complex, Clara AI helps people understand what SARS requires before their funds get stuck
For non-residents with money or income in South Africa, and...
The AI is inside: Securing the business in the age of autonomous AI
South Africa, according to the Microsoft Global AI Diffusion monitor, is leading the continent in generative AI adoption with 23.1% of the working-age population actively using AI in their...
From digital classrooms to AI tutors: Gen Z expects the next transformation of education
Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, commemorated annually on 05 October, Kaspersky reveals that Gen Z is particularly aware of emerging AI trends in education and sees the sector as...
NTT DATA backs South Africa’s first national AI Awards as exclusive Platinum Partner
The inaugural South African AI Awards have taken a major step towards becoming a national institution with the announcement of NTT DATA South Africa as main sponsor.
The global technology...
Brandtech+ stopped meetings for a week so 1200 people could experiment with AI
The global AI Culture Week initiative offers a different approach to closing the AI skills gap by giving people the time and permission to learn by doing.
As businesses grapple...
The Honourable Mr Justice Claude – Generative AI in the courtroom
It was 1999. I was completing my legal training. The partner I was working for, the formidable Peter Reynolds, was appointed to arbitrate a complex commercial dispute. I served...
Advertising’s AI dilemma: selling time is collapsing
For a decade, enterprise marketing has been hooked on a quiet, expensive lie: that software purchase orders equal operational progress. Chief marketing officers assembled towering martech stacks to tame...
Energy security, water scarcity: The resource bottleneck threatening South Africa’s AI ambitions
How can South Africa harvest the compounding benefits of artificial intelligence without deepening our water and energy crises? The solution is a strategic pivot toward sovereign, circular, and green-data...
The bionic enterprise still depends on human judgement
Not long ago, I watched an experienced executive use generative AI (GenAI) to prepare for an important customer conversation. Within minutes, the system had gathered industry information and suggested...
