The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue actors, pushing for companies to create AI systems that are “secure by design.” In a 20-page document unveiled Sunday, the...
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The Tanzania Institute for Education (TIE) has recently joined forces with Snapplify, a leading digital content provider, to roll out the Tanzania eLibrary Project. This pioneering initiative aims to revolutionise the accessibility and quality of educational resources for students across Tanzania over the next three years. The Tanzania eLibrary Project entails the widespread deployment of...
TikTok reject claims of anti-Israel bias content on their platform
TikTok deny claims that the social media is bias in the Israel-Hamas war, after US congressman and women calls efforts to ban the app over the apparent popularity of pro-Palestinian content on the platform. The ByteDance owned company released a press statement to set the record straight in its defence about the issue titled, ‘The...
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Takealot expands its on demand delivery service TakealotNOW to Johannesburg North to give shoppers an access to buy and get their product/s delivered within 60 minutes. TakealotNOW shoppers in Johannesburg will be able to shop hundreds of products ranging from laptops, tablets and smartphones to loadshedding solutions, sports equipment, toys, and even luxury beauty, all...
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Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd will step down as CEO of the dating apps operator and hand over the role to seasoned executive Lidiane Jones, knocking its shares down 10% to a record on Monday. Jones is the CEO of Salesforce-owned Slack and has held senior roles at Microsoft where she spent more than 12 years. She will...
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