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Unlocking AI’s transformative potential in South Africa: Enhancing society & creating opportunities

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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to supercharge every aspect of business and society, South Africa stands at a critical juncture. Rather than fearing job displacement, we can harness AI to drive widespread growth and prosperity. By fostering local innovation, investing in AI education, and creating a conducive regulatory environment, we can empower citizens and businesses alike. In insightful piece, Richard Shrewry, Regent Business School’s iLeadLAB Manager, explores how AI can enhance society, bridge gaps, and create new opportunities, all while preserving the essential human element.
In the heart of our country, a quiet revolution is underway. This revolution, marked not by upheaval but by the gentle hum of computers and the boundless curiosity of students and innovators, is reshaping the landscape of opportunity through the power of artificial intelligence (AI). This is a story about using AI to enhance, not replace, the human element in society, particularly in a country like South Africa where unemployment rates are at an all-time high, and opportunities may seem scarce to most people.
The Human-Centric Approach to AI
In South Africa, the narrative around AI often raises concerns about job displacement. However, AI should really be viewed as a supportive tool designed to enhance human capabilities and create new opportunities for upskilling and upliftment. The focus needs to be on finding ways for AI to work alongside people to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and efficiency, ultimately benefiting society as a whole.
There is no doubt that AI technologies are enabling personalised learning experiences, ensuring individuals receive tailored content and support based on their needs. Of course, it is vital that we are actively addressing bias in AI systems, especially when implementing them in early education. AI must be made accessible to all schools, enhancing learning effectiveness and empowering individuals. This approach ensures that everyone can benefit from AI, making learning more effective and relevant but more importantly, the outcome needs to be AI empowering people to become more skilled and adaptable to thrive in a dynamic job market.
Job Creation Through AI
I would be remiss if I did not mention the link between entrepreneurship and innovation. AI tools are paving the way for a new wave of entrepreneurs and innovators in South Africa. By providing access to powerful technologies, individuals are able to create unique businesses and offerings. Whether it’s developing new AI-driven products or using AI to improve existing processes, the opportunities are vast:

Enhanced Roles in Business: AI is not about replacing jobs but enhancing them. For instance, in marketing, AI aids in analysing customer behaviour and optimising strategies, allowing marketers to focus on creativity and strategic thinking.
Improving Efficiency in Accounting: AI applications in financial analysis and automated systems make accounting processes more efficient, enabling accountants to focus on advisory roles and complex decision-making.
Optimising Supply Chains: AI in logistics and inventory management helps businesses run more smoothly, creating demand for professionals who can manage and interpret AI-driven insights.
Agricultural Advancements: In a country where agriculture plays a significant role, AI can help in precision farming, crop monitoring, and yield prediction, thus improving productivity and creating jobs in tech-enabled farming.
Healthcare Improvements: AI-powered diagnostic tools and predictive analytics can enhance healthcare services, leading to better patient outcomes and creating jobs in health informatics and telemedicine.
Educational Support: AI-driven platforms can support teachers by automating administrative tasks and providing personalised learning experiences for students, allowing educators to focus on mentoring and student engagement.
Urban Planning and Smart Cities: AI can assist in the development of smart cities, improving infrastructure and services through efficient traffic management, energy distribution, and public safety, thereby creating jobs in urban planning and data analysis.
Environmental Monitoring: AI can be used to monitor environmental changes and manage natural resources more effectively, leading to jobs in environmental science and sustainable development.

Tools and Technologies Empowering Individuals
In innovative spaces, people engage with cutting-edge technologies, including AI, machine learning, robotics, and IoT. These tools are not just for large corporations but are accessible to anyone with the drive to learn and innovate.
A number of open-source and proprietary tools area available:

Language Models: Using tools like LM Studio and Ollama, individuals learn to fine-tune language models for specific tasks, enhancing their research and analytical skills.
Advanced AI Platforms: GROK, Meta AI, OpenAI – ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude provide hands-on experience in applying AI to real-world scenarios, preparing individuals for future careers and entrepreneurial ventures.
Creative AI Applications: Tools like Stable Diffusion for image generation and 11 Labs for voiceovers and narration encourage people to explore new forms of expression and communication.
Efficient Presentations: SlidesAI.io, integrated with Google Sheets, helps individuals quickly create professional presentations, improving their presentation and communication skills.

The Larger Picture: 4IR and South Africa
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is not just a concept; it’s a seismic shift that is reshaping industries and societies. In South Africa, and indeed across developing markets, the impact of 4IR technologies like AI is profound. These technologies promise to drive economic growth, transform education, and revolutionise healthcare. Yet, they also bring challenges—an urgent need for upskilling, investment in digital infrastructure, and ethical considerations.
By addressing these challenges through comprehensive programs and initiatives, we can equip individuals with the skills of the future, preparing them to be leaders in this new era.
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CHIPOTLE DEBUTS AUTOCADO AND THE AUGMENTED MAKELINE BY HYPHEN IN RESTAURANTS

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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced today Autocado, its avocado processing cobotic prototype developed in partnership with Vebu that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before they are hand mashed to create the restaurant’s signature guacamole, and the Augmented Makeline, a cobotic makeline built in collaboration with Hyphen, are being tested in Chipotle restaurants for the first time. Autocado is currently operating at Chipotle’s Huntington Beach, Calif. location at 20972 Magnolia St and the Augmented Makeline is being utilized at the company’s Corona del Mar (CDM), Calif. location at 3050 East Coast Hwy.
Photos and B-roll video of Autocado and the Augmented Makeline can be accessed here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kjcz5fjv6xun2l7z8zygm/ANVzEjOguvkF172YcyMhlp0?rlkey=00jmgufel1ku0fzftwckse5i0&st=dkaus6e0&dl=0.
“These cobotic devices could help us build a stronger operational engine that delivers a great experience for our team members and our guests while maintaining Chipotle’s high culinary standards,” said Curt Garner, Chief Customer and Technology Officer. “Optimizing our use of these systems and incorporating crew and customer feedback are the next steps in the stage-gate process before determining their broader pilot plans.”
Autocado Continues Through the Stage-Gate Process  Vebu and Chipotle worked closely with Certified Training Managers from Chipotle’s restaurants to analyze the company’s preparation process and identify tasks that are time consuming and less favorable among crew members. In the Huntington Beach restaurant where Autocado is operating, crew members can focus on assisting with other food prep items and delivering exceptional hospitality to guests while Autocado cuts avocados, removes their skin, and separates their fruit through an automated process. On average, it takes Autocado approximately 26 seconds to fully flesh out the fruit inside an avocado. In Chipotle locations across the U.S., Canada, and Europe this year, the company is expected to use approximately 5.18 million cases of avocados, equivalent to 129.5 million pounds of fruit.
The current iteration of Autocado features an updated design and size agnostic avocado processing abilities, meaning that the machine recognizes variability in the fruit and automatically adjusts itself to accommodate the size of the avocados being loaded.
Enhancing Digital Ordering with the Augmented MakelineChipotle’s Augmented Makeline, created in collaboration with Hyphen, uses automated technology to build bowls and salads while Chipotle employees operate the top makeline to make burritos, tacos, quesadillas, and kid’s meals. Approximately 65% of all Chipotle digital orders are bowls or salads, so the Augmented Makeline can improve employee efficiency and digital order accuracy, ensuring a more consistent experience for digital guests.
Cultivate NextChipotle has invested in Vebu and Hyphen through its $100 million Cultivate Next venture fund. Introduced in 2022, Cultivate Next makes early-stage investments into strategically aligned companies that further Chipotle’s mission to Cultivate a Better World and help accelerate the company’s aggressive longer term growth plans to operate 7,000 restaurants in North America.
Companies interested in collaborating with Chipotle through the Cultivate Next venture fund can apply by emailing [email protected].
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Game-Changing Lidar OT128 from Hesai Unveiled at IAA Transportation, Accelerating Autonomous Vehicles’ Commercial Deployment

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Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), the global leader in lidar technology, is launching its powerful new lidar solution OT128 at Europe’s biggest commercial vehicle trade fair IAA Transportation in Hannover (booth location: Hall 12, #C71). Hesai’s OT128 is the most mature 360° long-range lidar in the market and is driving the rapid development of autonomous vehicles’ all-around sensing capabilities.
Hesai’s OT128 achieves a detection range of up to 200 meters at 10% reflectivity, meeting the demanding requirements of level 4 (L4) autonomous driving and other high-precision applications. With a finest angular resolution of 0.1° x 0.125° and data points exceeding 3.45 million points per second, the OT128 captures environmental details with levels of clarity that far exceed the automotive industry’s requirements.
With 66% fewer parts than the previous-generation product, Hesai’s OT128 has a significantly less complex architecture. This means that the unit can be mass-produced on automated manufacturing lines, reducing the production time by over 95% compared to the previous generation.
Hesai ensures safety and reliability with its ASIL B-certified products, including the Pandar128, QT128, and AT128, supported by a rigorous internal safety process. Leveraging this experience, the OT128 also meets ISO 26262 ASIL B functional safety standards and complies with ISO 21434 cybersecurity requirements.
OT128 has passed over 50 automotive-grade reliability tests. It boasts a design life exceeding 30,000 hours – 3 times the industry average – ensuring that the OT128 maintains exceptional performance even after prolonged operation in high temperatures.
Thanks to its excellent performance, Hesai’s OT128 has already been tested by pre-launch customers in Europe, including L4 autonomous driving, port logistics automation, industrial robotics, heavy machinery and smart factories. Companies such as Embotech and EasyMile have reported exceptional real-world performance, highlighting the OT128’s potential to transform the autonomous vehicle and industrial automation sectors.
According to the Lidar for Automotive 2024 report by Yole Intelligence, an international market research firm, Hesai ranks No. 1 in the robotic car lidar market globally, with a 74% market share. Among the top 10 autonomous driving companies in the world, 9 use Hesai’s 360° high-performance lidar.
Hesai has established a strong presence in Europe – with a sales and application engineering office in Stuttgart – as well as the US and Asia, with customers located in over 40 countries.
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Monitoring Tools Market to Reach $140.4 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 20.1% CAGR: Allied Market Research

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Allied Market Research published a report, titled, “Monitoring Tools Market by Component (Software and Services), Deployment (Cloud and On-Premises), Type (Infrastructure Monitoring Tools, Application Performance Monitoring Tools, Security Monitoring Tools and End-user Experience Monitoring Tools), and Vertical (BFSI, Retail & E-commerce, Healthcare, IT & Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2024-2032″. According to the report, the monitoring tools market was valued at $26.5 billion in 2023, and is estimated to reach $140.4 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 20.1% from 2024 to 2032.
Prime determinants of growth 
The global monitoring tools market is experiencing growth due to rising demand for proactive monitoring, increased focus on cybersecurity and regulatory compliance requirements. However, high implementation costs hinder market growth to some extent. Moreover,
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Report Coverage 

Details 

Forecast Period 

2024–2032

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Base Year 

2023

Market Size in 2023 

$26.5 Billion 

Market Size in 2032 

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$140.4 Billion 

CAGR 

20.1 %

No. of Pages in Report 

200

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Segments Covered 

Component, Deployment, Type, Vertical and Region. 

Drivers 

Rising Demand for Proactive Monitoring 

Increased Focus on Cybersecurity 

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Regulatory Compliance Requirement 

Opportunities 

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

Growing Demand for Unified Monitoring Solutions 

Restraint 

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High Implementation Costs 

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Segment Highlights
The services segment held the highest market share in 2023 
By component, the services segment is projected to attain the fastest growing segment from 2023 to 2032, owing to increase in demand for expert support, customization, and managed services to optimize monitoring tool deployment and usage, which is driving the segment growth.
The cloud segment held the highest market share in 2023 
By deployment, the cloud segment is projected to attain the fastest growing segment from 2023 to 2032, owing to the surge in adoption of cloud computing, and the need for scalable and flexible monitoring solutions. The benefits of cloud-based deployment such as ease of access and reduced infrastructure costs are driving the segment growth.
The infrastructure monitoring tools segment held the highest market share in 2023 
By type, the infrastructure monitoring tools segment is projected to attain the fastest growing segment from 2023 to 2032, owing to the rising complexity of IT environments and the need for optimized performance and reliability, which is driving the segment growth.
The BFSI segment held the highest market share in 2023 
By vertical, the BFSI segment are projected to attain the fastest growing segment from 2023 to 2032, owing to the increase in regulatory compliance requirements, the need for robust cybersecurity measures, and the demand for real-time monitoring to ensure operational efficiency and security, which is driving the segment growth.
North America led the market share in 2023 
North America led the market share in 2023, owing to the advanced technological infrastructure, high adoption of cloud services, and significant investment in cybersecurity. In addition, the presence of major market players and the increase in demand for sophisticated monitoring solutions across various industries contribute to North America’s dominance in the monitoring tools market.
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Major Industry Players: – 

Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dynatrace, Inc.
Google LLC
IBM Corporation
Microsoft
NETSCOUT Systems, Inc.
New Relic, Inc.
Riverbed Technology LLC
Splunk Inc

The report provides a detailed analysis of these key players in the global monitoring tools market. These players have adopted different strategies such as new product launches, collaborations, expansion, joint ventures, agreements, acquisition and others to increase their market share and maintain dominant shares in different regions. The report is valuable in highlighting business performance, operating segments, product portfolio, and strategic moves of market players to showcase the competitive scenario.
Recent Development: 

In February 2023, Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced the launch of SANDSTORM. This groundbreaking remote real-time network monitoring and smart device assurance service is designed for telcos and enterprises. SANDSTORM enables service providers to remotely measure customer experiences across various devices, including smartphones, tablets, VR headsets, smart TVs, and connected cars.
In August 2021, Netscout Systems, Inc. launched NETSCOUT Smart Edge Monitoring, which is providing IT teams with comprehensive visibility and insights to ensure optimal end-user experiences across any network or application, regardless of employees’ work locations.

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