Rand Mutual Assurance is investigating a possible cybersecurity breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen 366GB of data affecting 1.68 million claims. The incident highlights data security vulnerabilities in South Africa's financial services sector.
Source: ITWeb
Amritesh Anand from In2IT Technologies warns that businesses adopting AI without proper governance frameworks risk operational errors and regulatory non-compliance. The article emphasizes that governance structures must be implemented alongside AI deployment rather than treated as a secondary consideration. Source: ITWeb
Rohit Patel, Meta's AI director specializing in evaluations and reinforcement learning, is departing after eight years to launch Ndoc, a startup targeting Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. The move reflects talent migration from major AI labs toward enterprise productivity applications. Source: TechCrunch
DVT will present an AI-native development workshop at AI Expo Africa, demonstrating the creation of an intelligent hotel-booking search feature from conception to deployment. The session will showcase practical application of AI development methodologies in a live environment. Source: ITWeb
KZN government, Openserve and Huawei have launched a fibre pre-provisioning proof of concept project at an Empangeni housing development. The trial aims to test infrastructure readiness for fibre connectivity in new residential construction. Source: ITWeb