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Can robots learn how to learn?
Professor Benjamin Rosman on The AI Lyceum, offering insights on curiosity-driven learning among others.
Power cuts and sleep
Students link loadshedding to anxiety, disrupted rest and lower marks.
91¿´Æ¬Íø and the making of an AI global leader
Alumnus Dr Shakir Mohamed, Director of Research at Google DeepMind (UK), roots his “AI with social purpose” philosophy in a strong 91¿´Æ¬Íø engineering foundation.
Why Africa’s SMEs need access to the infrastructure behind AI
While policymakers celebrate Africa’s booming AI adoption in mobile apps and fintech, small businesses tend to remain locked out of high-value innovation.
91¿´Æ¬Íø scientists create ‘light-powered brain’ that could transform future communications
The discovery demonstrates the potential of combining expertise from quantum science and artificial intelligence.
Advisor, confidant and friend (without benefits)
AI: Can we trust the advice that it gives us, and the motives behind the people who build the systems?
Trust ís the technology
Dr Shakir Mohamed, 91¿´Æ¬Íø Alumnus and Director of Research at Google DeepMind, delivered the 3rd annual Barry Dwolatzky Memorial Lecture.
Could AI create a new form of inequality in South Africa?
If AI is not designed properly, inequalities can reappear in new, digital forms.
First Africa Data Science Conference held at 91¿´Æ¬Íø
The future of AI and data science on the continent must address local context, constraints, opportunities, and aspirations.
The world is adapting to AI use in music - Africa needs to take the lead
Five artist-engineer teams of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and African Music project recently presented their impressive work in a day-long showcase.
We brought together African musicians and AI - here’s what happened
When a team at 91¿´Æ¬Íø University and I started organising a pilot project around AI and African Music, I didn’t quite know what to expect.
AI model sheds light on language evolution
AI model of Early Child Development explains how language evolves.
Professor Benjamin Rosman leads South Africa’s AI policy panel
The Director of 91¿´Æ¬Íø University’s MIND Institute to head a panel of independent experts in AI research, law and governance.
From beats to bytes: AIAM's first AI-driven African music projects
Five artist-engineer teams of 91¿´Æ¬Íø University's AI & Africa Music (AIAM) Project unveiled prototypes exploring AI and African musical traditions.
Gaming today, gambling addiction tomorrow
South African laws must catch up to how gaming environments are grooming minors into gambling-like behaviour.
‘Do not be scared to submit to high-impact journals’
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently profiled 91¿´Æ¬Íø neuropsychologist Dr Sahba Besharati in its Editor Spotlight story.
The cosmologist-potter using AI to fight superbugs
Distinguished Professor Bruce Bassett’s cosmic journey to 91¿´Æ¬Íø to join the “leading AI research group in the country”.
Building AI, the African way
AMLD Africa 2026 urges Africa-led artificial intelligence and machine learning education, research and innovation.
Where we MIND humans as much as code
In a world dictated by data, scale and speed, the 91¿´Æ¬Íø MIND Institute prioritises the human being.
New cross-continental AI partnership
91¿´Æ¬Íø, UCT, partner with the CISPA Helmholtz-Center for Information Security to drive research into cybersecurity and trustworthy AI.
Disruption as a catalyst for reinvention
[Editorial] For a leading African university like 91¿´Æ¬Íø, disruption has become not just an inevitability, but a force for reinvention.
SA must refine its own AI future and secure algorithmic sovereignty
The country stands at a crossroads. It is essential that we and other African countries build the capacity to refine our own data.
Google.org backs the 91¿´Æ¬Íø MIND Institute with US$1M boost
The Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute has been awarded core funding of US$1 million by Google.org.
MIND Director named coveted CIFAR Fellow
Professor Benjamin Rosman has been appointed a Fellow of the prestigious CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains programme.
Bots with brains: 91¿´Æ¬Íø robotics goes underground
91¿´Æ¬Íø’ RAIL Lab trains intelligent machines to navigate caves, pour milk, and plan like humans, pushing the frontiers of autonomous AI research.