Artificial intelligence (AI)

Insurers are using new technology and global partnerships to respond faster to risks, improve cover and help businesses prepare before problems happen.

KK Diaz from Soweto has launched a new AI-powered business platform after spending more than 10 years studying how small township firms survive and grow.

Siza Khula is helping South Africans get practical answers to their everyday money questions

A new artificial intelligence coding platform called HyperDev launched its Version 1 tool in March to help entrepreneurs and developers build websites, apps and software.

The University of Pretoria and the HearX Foundation have launched a free AI-powered WhatsApp tool that trains teachers to spot hearing loss in young children.

Scrolla.Africa has launched Siza Khula, a free AI chatbot built to give South Africans instant, plain-language answers to money, surviving and thriving.

Cassper Nyovest warns AI-generated music could threaten upcoming artists after former podcaster Rea Gopane's AI song Suka! reached number one on Apple Music South Africa.

Rea Gopane's AI-generated amapiano song Suka! has reached number 10 on the Apple Music South Africa chart but many fans say it sounds too mechanical.

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says schools must start using artificial intelligence now or risk leaving South African learners behind.

Hyundai has revealed a humanoid robot designed to help build cars, starting in United States factories, as companies race to automate boring factory work.

Dell Technologies president Adrian McDonald says artificial intelligence could let one person run a R1.7-billion company and South Africa could lead the way.

Amazon plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as artificial intelligence takes over more tasks, with CEO Andy Jassy saying the company must “get stronger.”