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Why South African Banks Treat You Like a Criminal (And How AI Could Actually Trust You): The R50 Billion Trust Deficit

Why South African Banks Treat You Like a Crimin...

Irvan Damon

South African banks have perfected the art of making legitimate customers feel like international criminals. Between FICA nightmares and frozen accounts for buying petrol in the wrong city, accessing your...

Why South African Banks Treat You Like a Crimin...

Irvan Damon

South African banks have perfected the art of making legitimate customers feel like international criminals. Between FICA nightmares and frozen accounts for buying petrol in the wrong city, accessing your...

When Drones Descend, Bombs Fall and Temples Burn: How AI is Saving Humanity's Heritage

When Drones Descend, Bombs Fall and Temples Bur...

Irvan Damon

When ISIS destroyed Palmyra's 2,000-year-old temples, AI resurrected them from tourist photos. As wars rage and climate change accelerates, artificial intelligence has become humanity's desperate gambit to achieve digital immortality...

When Drones Descend, Bombs Fall and Temples Bur...

Irvan Damon

When ISIS destroyed Palmyra's 2,000-year-old temples, AI resurrected them from tourist photos. As wars rage and climate change accelerates, artificial intelligence has become humanity's desperate gambit to achieve digital immortality...

Why Woolworths Cashiers Make Pick n Pay Look Like They're Still Using an Abacus: How AI Could Actually Save South African Service (No, Really)

Why Woolworths Cashiers Make Pick n Pay Look Li...

Irvan Damon

Ever wondered why Woolworths cashiers seem to operate in a different dimension from Pick n Pay and Checkers staff? While one scans with Swiss precision, the others... well, let's just...

Why Woolworths Cashiers Make Pick n Pay Look Li...

Irvan Damon

Ever wondered why Woolworths cashiers seem to operate in a different dimension from Pick n Pay and Checkers staff? While one scans with Swiss precision, the others... well, let's just...

The R2 Billion AI Scam Revolution: Why Your Bank's Security is Already Obsolete

The R2 Billion AI Scam Revolution: Why Your Ban...

Irvan Damon

Your bank just called about suspicious activity on your account. The voice sounds exactly like your relationship manager, they know your recent transactions, and they're asking you to verify your...

The R2 Billion AI Scam Revolution: Why Your Ban...

Irvan Damon

Your bank just called about suspicious activity on your account. The voice sounds exactly like your relationship manager, they know your recent transactions, and they're asking you to verify your...

Beyond the Chatbot Hype: Why Physical AI Will Define South Africa's Next Economic Revolution

Beyond the Chatbot Hype: Why Physical AI Will D...

Irvan Damon

While we obsess over chatbots that can write emails, the real AI revolution is happening in warehouses, mines, kitchens and factories worldwide. Physical AI—intelligence that walks, grabs, and builds—is exploding...

Beyond the Chatbot Hype: Why Physical AI Will D...

Irvan Damon

While we obsess over chatbots that can write emails, the real AI revolution is happening in warehouses, mines, kitchens and factories worldwide. Physical AI—intelligence that walks, grabs, and builds—is exploding...

While Silicon Valley Shapes Tomorrow at the White House, Where Is South Africa's AI Strategy? The R3.7 Trillion Question Nobody's Asking

While Silicon Valley Shapes Tomorrow at the Whi...

Irvan Damon

While tech billionaires gathered at the White House last week to chart America's AI dominance, I couldn't shake one troubling question: where is South Africa in this global race that...

While Silicon Valley Shapes Tomorrow at the Whi...

Irvan Damon

While tech billionaires gathered at the White House last week to chart America's AI dominance, I couldn't shake one troubling question: where is South Africa in this global race that...