Ozow, FNB and RMB have launched a new payment API enabling real-time, bank-authenticated transactions and removing manual EFT steps for merchants. The API streamlines payment processing for South African businesses through direct bank integration.
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GPT-Live is a system designed to enable continuous voice interaction with AI through a turnless speech model and low-latency architecture. The system was built over a six-month development period to support faster and more natural conversations. Source: OpenAI
Palantir's CEO Alex Karp commented on the AI industry following the company's strong financial quarter with $1 billion in profit. Karp expressed concerns about the trustworthiness of AI frontier labs for enterprise deployment. Source: TechCrunch
AWS has enabled Superblocks, a vibe-coding (low-code/no-code AI development) tool, to be embedded into private AWS cloud environments for customers. This development represents a move toward decoupling applications from underlying AI models in enterprise deployments. Source: TechCrunch
DesignArena, a platform that crowdsources human evaluations for AI models, has raised $7.9 million in funding. The platform serves 5.3 million users globally and provides evaluation data to frontier AI laboratories. Source: TechCrunch