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It is entirely possible that November’s release of ChatGPT by California company OpenAI will be remembered as a turning point in introducing a new wave of artificial intelligence to the wider public.
AALIA MANIE

Will ChatGPT power or inflict pain on the economy?

There are positives and negatives to the AI revolution, but African states first need reliable power and connectivity to reap the benefits

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
ANDRE MYBURGH

USAf’s Copyright Bill rebuttal raises questions and answers none

Bawa’s response misses the point completely. Furthermore, it seem USAf does not represent the position of all South African universities on this issue

  • Andre Myburgh
3 min read
Graphic: John McCann
COPYRIGHT

Send copyright Bill back to Parliament, Mr President

It may have good intentions but it fails to achieve what it sets out to do

  • Monica Seeber
2 min read
Designing from scratch: Shannon McLaughlin, who believes that Woolworths copied her unique baby carrier design, keeps busy at her Ubuntu Baba shop in Westlake, Cape Town. (David Harrison/M&G)
COPYRIGHT

Woolies in baby sling boo-boo

After a blog accused the retailer of stealing the design, it apologised and stopped sales

  • Tebogo Tshwane
5 min read
Whose copyright is it anyway? Sinethemba Twani is a playwright who works as a petrol attendant to pay the bills. He claims that a TV drama series bears an uncanny resemblance in content and title to one of his performed scripts. Photo: David Harrison
ARTSCAPE

So who did plant the seed?

A dramatist and petrol attendant who wrote Imbewu is up against entertainment industry heavyweights behind the TV series Imbewu: The Seed

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
9 min read