Policy-makers must grapple with an uncomfortable truth: without deliberate action, AI will magnify global divides.
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As South Africa moves towards a national AI strategy, the focus must be on people and not just technology.
The solution demands two simple and clear actions: declare that photo manipulation has taken place and disclose what manipulation was carried out.
It’s neither practical nor helpful to keep children and teens off the internet in a hyper-connected, digital world.
Combining behavioural and data science yields high-quality insights from complex datasets.
It is too simplistic to say that the use of AI in elections is all good or all bad. The truth is that it can be both.
Digital technologies can help more people to participate in building their countries’ democracies.
Many existing explainable artificial intelligence systems produce explanations that are tailored to individualist, typically western, populations.
Conservation of biodiversity is in the hands of humans but artificial intelligence can help guide decisions.
Fibre optic cables now literally encircle Africa, though some parts of the continent are far better connected than others.
South Africa’s ocean information management system is helping to mitigate security and environmental risks.
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Research professor, University of Cambridge; University of Cape Town
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