Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Global IT spend to hit $5trn on 6,8% rise

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5-trillion in 2024, an increase of 6,8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 8% growth. While generative AI (GenAI) had significant hype in 2023, it...

Critical infrastructure sees most cyber incidents

A significant 18% of companies in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region have experienced cyber incidents due to insufficient cybersecurity investment in the last two years. Alarmingly, critical infrastructure, oil & gas and energy organisations...

New members join EOH board committees

EOH has announced the reconstitution of its board committee, effective from 2 February. This follows the appointment of Bharti Harie and Nosipho Molope as independent non-executive directors of the company on 1 January 2021, and the resignation of Moretlo Molefi and...

Customer engagement channels still won’t be unified by 2022

Through 2022, 50% of large organisations will have failed to unify engagement channels, resulting in a disjointed and siloed customer experience that lacks context, according to Gartner. To remedy this, Gartner's Digital Commerce for Marketing Leaders 2021 research...

15 years and counting to full number portability …

Three months after Cell C withdrew its High Court action that stalled the full implementation of number portability, and some 15 years after the launch of mobile number portability in 2006, South Africans still do not have full freedom of choice when it comes to...

TikTok fixes privacy issue discovered by Check Point Research

Check Point Research teams recently discovered a vulnerability within the TikTok mobile application's friend finder feature: a vulnerability that if exploited would have enabled an attacker to access users' profile details and the phone numbers associated with their...

SA developers believe AI/ML are the future of technology

Developers are most keen to work with the Python programming language, one of the prominent languages used for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Thirty-eight percent of developers picked Python as their top choice in the new OfferZen "2021 State...

Workers will soon figure out how to trick AI tracking tools

Gartner predicts that, by 2023, more than one in 10 workers will seek to trick artificial intelligence (AI) systems used to measure employee behaviour and productivity. Such systems have seen a significant uptick in use in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. "Many...

More time online, less education, a problem for SA’s teens

Safer Internet Day is being celebrated in South Africa today (9 February), with the theme of bringing various stakeholders "Together For A Better Internet". While digital technology has been accelerated in many industries, like e-commerce and e-learning, some gaps are...

What kids searched for over the year-end break

A new global Kaspersky Safe Kids study has revealed how children expressed their interests during the 2020-2021 end of year holidays. Despite restrictions around the globe, kids managed to primarily amuse themselves with YouTube content (21%) and games (15%) -...

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