The IITPSA is hosting an ICT skills conference in Johannesburg on 30 October to present findings from the 2026 ICT Skills Survey and discuss industry responses to changing skills needs in the AI era. The conference will analyse how the ICT sector is adapting to skills requirements as artificial intelligence transforms the technology landscape.
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The article discusses security challenges in agentic AI systems, highlighting how data moves across multiple agents and sources without proper tracking, leading to potential exposure of sensitive information. It argues that enterprises deploying agentic AI need data lineage capabilities to maintain governance, accountability, and trust in hybrid human-agent workflows.
ChatGPT and Codex are being applied to accelerate engineering workflows including computer-aided design, printed circuit board design, and simulation tools. The article discusses how large language models are improving productivity in physical engineering disciplines. Source: OpenAI
Cisco has integrated OpenAI models with its network intelligence capabilities to enhance enterprise security defenses. The integration aims to create more adaptive security systems that can operate at machine speed. Source: OpenAI
Anthropic is developing FlashProve, a verification system that enables users to authenticate whether AI responses genuinely originate from the claimed model. The system addresses concerns about AI impersonation and misrepresentation by providing cryptographic proof of model identity. Source: TechCrunch