South African businesses are experimenting with AI implementation but face significant barriers including data readiness challenges, limited budgets, and difficulty measuring return on investment. These obstacles are preventing companies from scaling their AI initiatives beyond pilot projects.
Source: ITWeb
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model designed to identify exploitable vulnerabilities and develop fixes while remaining within authorized scope. The model represents an advance in AI-assisted security through alignment techniques that constrain the agent's behavior. Source: OpenAI
Merge has integrated OpenAI technologies including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex into its product development and business operations for code review, marketing support, and administrative tasks. The company uses these AI tools across teams for engineering, sales, and executive functions. Source: OpenAI
Airbnb announced plans to launch an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027 that will assist users with trip planning, option comparison, booking management, and in-stay support. The feature represents the company's integration of AI capabilities into its core travel platform. Source: TechCrunch
Chief of Police Advocate Borotho Matsoso has transferred Deputy Commissioner of Police Paseka Mokete from his position as head of the Criminal Investigation Division to head of a newly created Logistics Department, a move Mokete's lawyers argue is unlawful and amounts to demotion. Mokete has threatened court action