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Amazon says human-in-the-loop AI oversight is failing because humans stop paying attention

The intense debate surrounding the risks associated with AI has reached unprecedented levels, with experts and policymakers deeply divided over methods to ...
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AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has instructed grid operators to expedite interconnection requests made by data centers and other substantial electricity ...
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‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employee’: Nvidia executive says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers

Recent layoffs in the technology sector might suggest that a significant shift from human labor to artificial intelligence is underway. For instance, ...
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Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users

Visa has integrated its payment network directly into ChatGPT, enabling AI agents embedded within the chatbot to independently shop and finalize purchases ...
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General Managers View

Good afternoon, Welcome to the second edition of the AiDotCom Quarterly Newsletter. Since our inaugural edition earlier this year, the momentum at ...
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Meta Report Projects AI Could Add R528 Billion to South Africa’s GDP as SMEs Build Livelihoods on Its Platforms

Meta’s platforms already contribute R16.5 billion annually to South Africa’s economy, and artificial intelligence could add a further R528 billion to GDP ...
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AI sticker shock hits corporate America

Corporate leaders are starting to question whether soaring AI spending is delivering meaningful returns. Why it matters: Companies that rushed to embrace AI are ...
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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO

Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what could be the AI ...
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How agentic AI is reshaping banking in South Africa

Rewind just a few years and large language models and generative AI were barely on the public radar. Yet the technology has already evolved into ...
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Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

This week, an AI training startup named Shift announced it would provide free home cleaning services to residents of New York, with ...
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The internet is being rebuilt for machines

Cloud infrastructure has traditionally been built to accommodate human behaviors such as searching, clicking, scrolling, and streaming, all of which tend to ...
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Google appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business ‘fair and square’

Google has officially submitted its appeal against the federal court ruling that classified it as an illegal search monopolist, describing the decision ...
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