University of Pretoria Professor Appointed to UN’s First Global Scientific Panel on AI

A South African computer scientist has been appointed to the United Nations’ first global scientific body dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence, ensuring that African perspectives are represented in the international governance of a technology reshaping economies and societies worldwide. Prof. Vukosi Marivate, director of the African Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the [...]


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