What’s needed to drive a vibrant renewable energy industry?

What’s needed to drive a vibrant renewable energy industry?

Kathy Gibson reports from the Future Energy show – There’s no shortage of initiatives underway to drive a vibrant local industry for renewable energy, and the provision of net-zero energy into South Africa’s businesses, factories and homes. But there...
Elon Musk’s xAI open sources Grok language model

Elon Musk’s xAI open sources Grok language model

xAI, the artificial intelligence company headed by Elon Musk, has officially made its Grok language model open source. Last week, Musk announced that he was planning to open-source the product, and yesterday (17 March), this was done. “We are releasing the...
Fibre provider choices are limited for SA users

Fibre provider choices are limited for SA users

Many South African consumers have no choice of fibre service provider. This is one of the findings of the Open Access Network (OAN) mapping project conducted by the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) in partnership with mapping specialists...
SA set to become a top-10 solar PV market this year

SA set to become a top-10 solar PV market this year

The dominance of solar photo-voltaic (PV) power continues to grow in South Africa’s journey towards energy security, with BloombergNEF’s Q1 global PV market outlook predicting that South Africa will be the 10th-largest PV market in the world in 2024....
Electric vehicles enter a new era

Electric vehicles enter a new era

In 2024, automakers will continue to wrestle with shifts caused by software and electrification’s increasing roles creating a new phase for electric vehicles (EVs), according to Gartner. “New OEM incumbents want to heavily redefine the status quo in...
Action models, autonomous agents to take over task completion

Action models, autonomous agents to take over task completion

By 2028, one-third of interactions with generative AI (GenAI) services will use action models and autonomous agents for task completion, according to Gartner. Autonomous agents are combined systems that achieve defined goals without repeated human intervention, using...