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Louise Coetzer’s work autoplay — Africa’s first AI opera — explores the intersection between human creativity and machine learning and where it could lead, with a soundscape featuring Inge Beckmann.

Dancing with the machine: autoplay and the future of AI-driven art

Louise Coetzer flirted with the enemy to create experimental dance-opera autoplay. But her message is one of resistance

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Companies must focus on reducing their carbon footprint and run their data centres on renewable energy. (Photo by Tom Lee/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

Artificial intelligence costs the Earth

Companies must focus on reducing their carbon footprint and run their data centres on renewable energy

  • Eyaaz
5 min read

Integrating AI-enhanced sentiment analysis in global gold market trends for African traders

By leveraging artificial intelligence, traders can now access more accurate, real-time insights to make better-informed decisions on when to buy, hold, or sell gold

6 min read

Africa Tech Festival 2024: Putting African tech on the global stage

Africa Tech Festival showcases how tech and strategy are transforming Africa’s diverse industries, from telecoms and financial services to healthcare and retail

1 min read
Research shows that 38% of South African journalists make use of artificial intelligence tools

AI is a disruptor to newsrooms, African Investigative Journalist Conference warns

Research shows that 38% of South African journalists make use of artificial intelligence tools

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images

Alarm around AI is not warranted

South African university students are using AI to help them understand work, not avoid it, according to research

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read