Artificial intelligence (AI)

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Go across Africa, offering South Africans advanced AI tools for R149 a month – far cheaper than the Plus and Pro plans.

Tech giant Altron has opened South Africa’s first artificial intelligence factory, giving local companies access to powerful Nvidia technology and secure local data hosting.

ChatGPT remains the world’s most popular AI chatbot, topping the AI Big Bang Study 2025 with 46.6 billion visits.

A robot teacher shown at the Zulu Reed Dance left regiments worried that the new technology could take jobs from thousands of teachers.

The University of Johannesburg is offering free online courses on artificial intelligence to anyone who wants to learn.

OpenAI launches powerful GPT-5 model upgrading ChatGPT for millions of users.

Artificial intelligence is replacing traditional foreign aid as tech giants and local start-ups tackle Africa’s biggest challenges with powerful digital tools.

A legal team is under investigation after submitting fake court cases generated by artificial intelligence in a Gauteng High Court case.

Denmark wants to stop deepfake abuse by changing the law to give everyone rights to their own face, voice and body.

Meta tried poaching OpenAI's top workers with US$100-million signing bonuses, but nobody accepted the massive pay offers.

A lonely but married student finds love in an AI relationship while studying to be a nurse abroad. 

Tracking devices fitted to cables failed to warn that trenches were being dug and cables were being stolen.