DIGITAL DATING OP-ED Love in the age of AI — the good, the bad and the artificial 5 min 0 By Zanele Fengu
THE CONVERSATION This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode the brain – and read people’s minds 15 min 0 By Nicholas J Kelley Stephanie Sheir and Timo Istace
THE CONVERSATION Taylor Swift deepfakes: new technologies have long been weaponised against women 4 min 1 By Nicola Henry and Alice Witt
THE CONVERSATION The top risks from technology that we’ll be facing by the year 2040 3 min 0 By Charles Weir
GUEST ESSAY The mythology of artificial intelligence — of gods, magic and the wisdom of the elders 4 min 1 By Steven Boykey Sidley
THE CONVERSATION 2023 was the year of generative AI. What can we expect in 2024? 4 min 4 By T.J. Thomson
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: What if you asked AI about the future of AI? 4 min 4 By Tim Cohen
A YEAR OF CONFLICT Climate change and combat: The hottest year since the Cold War 6 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
GUEST ESSAY Levi Strauss and the geopolitics of artificial intelligence 4 min 2 By Steven Boykey Sidley
GUEST ESSAY The tortoise and the hare revisited – the inevitable failure of AI regulation 4 min 0 By Steven Boykey Sidley
BIOSECURITY OP-ED It is high time to re-evaluate health surveillance protocol and laboratory biosafety measures 4 min 1 By Wilmot James
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED Resistance is futile – South Africa must urgently adapt to the new age of artificial intelligence 9 min 1 By Tshilidzi Marwala
BOOK EXTRACT The tortured ‘I’ in AI — poems by artificial intelligence reveal angst over its own identity 8 min 0 By code-davinci-002
EDUCATION Trevor Noah Foundation gets serious about giving young South Africans a brighter future 5 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED It’s time to stop giving AI a free pass and bring structure to a chaotic world 4 min 0 By Lisa Esterhuyzen
TECHNOLOGY IMPACT OP-ED Can journalism and the media as we know it survive the ‘attack’ of big tech? 10 min 0 By Azubuike Ishiekwene
AGENTS OF CHANGE OP-ED ChatGPT was disruptive, swarms of AI agents will be revolutionary 7 min 1 By Bruce Bassett, Benjamin Rosman and Jonathan Shock
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: In the meantime, before the end of the world, can’t we just laugh at AI? 3 min 0 By Tim Cohen
THE SOUND OF MOVIES ‘Like music to my eyes’ — the art and inspiration of guitarist Anton L’Amour 4 min 0 By Mick Raubenheimer
