AI becomes a bigger business cost – but what is the return?

AI becomes a bigger business cost – but what is the return?

For many organisations, AI adoption started small, through proof of concepts and small-scale trials, rather than full-scale rollout. By Junaid Kleinschmidt, intelligence lead for Accenture, South Africa Teams tested chatbots, employees began using generative AI tools,...

The growing push for AI transparency: What businesses should know

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is now delivering real business value, as companies across the world use it to generate marketing material, social media content, product images, videos and customer communications. Melissa Morris and Jameel Hamid...

Even in autonomy, human insight remains

With the advent of AI, IIoT technologies, and digital twins, today’s industrial operators no longer scramble to silence alarms, they focus on how quickly they can interpret the intelligence behind them. This is in contrast to the constant vigilance that came from...
Redefining work for the AI era

Redefining work for the AI era

The way we work is changing faster than our organisations are changing to support it, writes Sergio Maccotta, senior vice-president and GM of SAP MEA South. From the rise of the Autonomous Enterprise to the case for embedding AI at the very core of business...
The future of AI in SA must be built, not imported

The future of AI in SA must be built, not imported

South Africa has learned repeatedly that access to strategic infrastructure and control over it are not the same thing. By President Ntuli, MD of HPE South Africa From mining and electricity to rail and telecommunications networks, the country’s economic trajectory...