Headline inflation slowed to 4.3% in July, ending four months of acceleration – and beating market expectations.
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Replying to a customer on WhatsApp will start costing business users money from October. Meta won’t confirm how much.
Crypto arbitrage firm Kastelo says every client watched a compulsory video and signed a mandate before any offshore trade.
Absa has said that 1 400 developers use AI coding tools while its chatbot fields 100 000 queries monthly.
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South Africa’s automotive body insists local car output still leads the continent, even as the country’s electric ambitions lag.
The combined market value Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi must double to earn the award has slipped over the year.
Payments giant Mastercard is selling security alongside transactions, with South Africa and Nigeria first in line.
Naspers subsidiary Prosus has reported its consumer platforms as profitable across all regions for the first time.
Even after stronger revenue and margins at Takealot, the Naspers board declined to reverse a R5.9-billion impairment.
OpenAI has restricted its newest model to vetted partners after Washington pressure over mounting national security concerns.
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The move by Google comes just weeks after a US judge spared the company from a forced breakup in an antitrust case.
Nvidia has announced it will invest $5-billion in Intel, throwing its heft behind the struggling US chip company.
Meta has tasted success with its smart glasses, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg describing them as the perfect way for humans to reach for the AI promise of “superintelligence”.
Huawei has broken years of secrecy to reveal its road map to compete against Nvidia in advanced AI chips.
