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To maximise AI’s potential in peace, justice and governance, governments, NGOs, multilateral institutions and the private sector must invest in ethical AI research, data-sharing initiatives and regulatory frameworks. Photo: File
AI

Leveraging AI to achieve peace, justice, good governance

Corruption undermines public trust and hinders social and economic development. AI can combat corruption by increasing transparency, identifying suspicious activities and…

  • Arthur Mutambara
5 min read
Facial recognition technology eliminates the need for touching a device to enable access
FACIAL RECOGNITION

South Africa is sleepwalking into becoming a surveillance state

Facial recognition technology is widespread, eroding privacy and anonymity, echoing apartheid-era controls, with lax legal enforcement

  • Sõzarn Barday
5 min read
Surveillance technology is increasingly being used to monitor civilians.
ACTIVISTS

Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town

This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled

  • Sõzarn Barday
4 min read
Moves: Babusi Nyoni created the Vosho app for fun, but found that it could be used to diagnose Parkinson’s disease that, among other things, affects movement. (Photos: Courtesy of Babusi Nyoni & Lusanda Worsley)
ALKAYIDA

Dance to diagnosis: The app that can diagnose Parkinson’s

By seeing how people move, the app can tell if they are in the first stages of the neurological disorder

  • Kiri Rupiah
6 min read
There is a downside to surveillance, particularly if the data cameras capture falls into the wrong hands. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
BLACK MIRROR

Is your smart city spying on you?

Social and surveillance states underline the need for inclusive tech

  • James Nash
3 min read