The connected car as a payment device

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It is all about convenience in a fast-paced world where people demand streamlined and efficient processes.

TECH NEWS: Generative AI inspires architecture in the planning, designing, creation of structures

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South Africa faces a significant challenge in providing affordable housing for its growing population. Generative AI can assist architects in optimising the design ...

Generative AI transforms the fashion industry

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Just as artificial intelligence (AI) has recently altered the world of music and visual art, it is possible that AI generated fashions will be displayed on the runways ...

Rise of drones: The sky is no longer the limit

Louis Fourie|Published

Drones have swiftly transitioned from being military tools to versatile industrial and commercial instruments. Their affordability and accessibility have paved the ...

BRICS neglects the role of technology in economic development

Louis Fourie|Published

It became clear that the BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are entertaining ambitions of becoming a geopolitical alternative to Western-led ...

Rapid adoption of generative AI begs the question: What will be the next innovation in AI to capture our imagination?

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Interesting is that the pace of the adoption is accelerating – from 46 years for electricity to achieve a ...

AI and the future of work – a reality we are immersed in

Louis Fourie|Published

If managed effectively, this era of work transformation has the potential to foster a more inclusive economy with a higher growth in productivity.

AI is shaping the path towards enhanced productivity

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Recent deep learning models in generative AI can process extremely large and diverse sets of unstructured data, as well as multiple tasks.

Organisations should focus on being digital rather than doing digital

Louis Fourie|Published

In order to get real value from digital transformation, organisation leaders need to have a clear view of where the value lies, as well as a road map of how that ...

AI and the role of the company board

Louis Fourie|Published

AI does not only perform routine tasks independently but now also makes crucial decisions on their own, which exposes companies to a myriad of risks and affects ...

Generative artificial intelligence is developing at an incredible pace

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New applications are seeing the light on a regular basis.

Introducing Professor Bot: Would you know the difference?

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In May 2016, Professor Ashok Goel, a computer science professor at Georgia Tech, hired Jill Watson as a teaching assistant. Students didn’t realise she was a bot. ...

Tech News: Do you know the ‘language’ of prompting?

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If you do not know the “language” of prompting, you will find it increasingly difficult to communicate with the numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems that ...

Outperforming the competition in the digital and AI age

Louis Fourie|Published

When successful companies are studied, it becomes evident that there are a number of interconnected enterprise capabilities that organisations need to outperform ...

When generative AI is not appropriate in business

Louis Fourie|Published

While most real-world environments are not deterministic and generative AI has shown great potential in various applications, there are certain scenarios in business ...

Artificial Intelligence imperative for competitiveness

Louis Fourie|Published

Any AI system and its decisions are just as good as the data that is fed to them. T

TECH NEWS: Artificial intelligence that can see

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By leveraging AI’s visual capabilities, businesses can gain actionable insights, automate processes, improve decision-making, and enhance overall efficiency and ...

Digital transformation and AI in business in a challenging SA

Louis Fourie|Published

An important strategy to consider under the changed circumstances is digital transformation or the integration of digital technologies into all areas of a business, ...

The benefits of AI for business

Louis Fourie|Published

If businesses want to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced digital world, it is important to embrace AI.

AI indispensable for business success

Louis Fourie|Published

Ultimately this can lead to a competitive advantage in the marketplace

Building your business with AI

Louis Fourie|Published

In fact, 86% of CEOs mentioned that AI plays an important role in their businesses, not in the form of robots and complex machinery, but software to run their day-to-day ...

Patent registrations and innovations in energy and in health

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One of the main benefits of patent registration is that it provides legal protection for new inventions and ideas.

Trends in innovative patents: US and China dominate

Louis Fourie|Published

If South Africa wants to compete in the global market or solve our unique challenges we will have to focus much more on technological innovation.

Scientists can now reverse time

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Austrian and Spanish Scientists from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna ...

ChatGPT AI now more powerful

Louis Fourie|Published

ChatGPT is expected to have a significant impact on the world, preparing the way for a range of exciting innovations and creations.