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Best practices in GenAI adoption

Aug 16, 2024

AWS offers some best practice advice for organisations wanting to implement generative AI (GenAI) solutions. Begin with internal applications It’s best to start generative AI adoption with internal application development, focusing on process optimisation and...

A brief history of AI

Aug 16, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) burst upon the market just 18 months ago. Because it had such a significant impact, reaching so many people in such a short time, it’s tempting to view it as the first and only iteration of AI. But it’s almost three-quarters of a century since...

Unpacking the AI terminology

Aug 16, 2024

These are just some of the terms you will come across on your AI journey. We’ve tapped a variety of sources to unpack what they mean. Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines,...

The rise of the chief AI officer

Aug 16, 2024

By Jeff Boudreau – It is no surprise that businesses and governments around the world are racing to keep pace on AI as it quickly becomes table-stakes technology. Organisations are strategising how they can accelerate and coordinate their adoption of the latest...

IBM algorithms are first post-quantum cryptography standards

Aug 16, 2024

Two IBM-developed algorithms have been officially formalised within the world’s first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which were published yesterday by the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The standards...

AI key to Africa and the future of work

Jul 26, 2024

Africa has a unique opportunity to influence what the future of work looks like in these early days as large language learning models (LLMs) are evolving, and the environment for applications is still new. This is according to the AI and the Future of Work in Africa...

Striking a balance between AI risk and reward in banking

Jul 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought transformative changes to various industries, including banking and financial services. “While the use of AI in banking is not new, its adoption has expanded in recent years, particularly in areas like fraud protection,...

Massive growth on the cards for AI chip revenue

Jul 26, 2024

Revenue from AI semiconductors globally is expected to total $71-billion in 2024, an increase of 33% from 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. “Today, generative AI (GenAI) is fueling demand for high-performance AI chips in data centres. In 2024, the...

Nvidia aims to drive next wave of AI

Jul 26, 2024

Emphasising cost reduction and sustainability, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has detailed new semiconductors, software and systems to power data centres, factories, consumer devices, robots and more, with the aim of driving a new industrial revolution....

Intel accelerates AI Everywhere

Jul 26, 2024

Intel has unveiled new technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the AI ecosystem – from the data centre, cloud and network to the edge and PC. At the recent Computex event, Intel announced the following: * The launch of Intel Xeon 6 processors with...

AMD adds Instinct, Ryzen, EPYC processors to AI lineup

Jul 26, 2024

AMD has detailed new CPU, NPU and GPU architectures powering end-to-end AI infrastructure from the data centre to PCs. At Computex, the company unveiled an expanded AMD Instinct accelerator roadmap, introducing an annual cadence of leadership AI accelerators including...

State of the Nation: The road ahead for the channel

Jul 26, 2024

There are very few environments as competitive as the South African IT distribution channel, so it comes as no surprise whenever we pose the question of how the year’s been so far at the half-way mark that the unanimous response is usually “Tough!”. And this year...

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