https://www.bizcommunity.com/ArtificialIntelligence South Africa Artificial Intelligence news 15 Artificial Intelligence news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/ArtificialIntelligence en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:07:47 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/telviva-launches-intelligent-digital-agent-viva-bringing-247-customer-service-automation-to-sa-businesses-742492a Telviva, a leader in cloud-based unified communications, has announced the launch of Viva, an intelligent voice and text-based digital agent solution designed to make enterprise-grade AI practical, affordable, and accessible for South African businesses. Built and hosted locally, Viva marks the next chapter in Telviva’s journey of enabling quality business conversations by transforming how companies route interactions and unlock organisational knowledge. 1-271332 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africans-are-open-to-ai-but-still-expect-access-to-a-person-631291a The 2026 South African Customer Experience Report, produced by Rogerwilco, ovatoyou and Julia Ahlfedt CX Consulting, has revealed that South Africans are not anti-AI. 1-271291 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-era-of-creative-builders-rethinking-the-role-of-design-631261a In a technological revolution, how do you protect what matters most from the allure of so much capability? 1-271211 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ai-is-optimising-for-ad-fraud-because-you-told-it-to-186106a We discuss an investigation that exposed how a mobile app could turn an apparently genuine consumer into a marketing lead without that consumer ever seeing the advert. 1-271178 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/how-ai-is-challenging-traditional-agency-billing-models-and-defining-value-853893a When artificial intelligence halves the hours a job takes, time-based billing quietly halves the agency's fee too. In the disciplines I oversee, like content production, campaign builds, reporting, media optimisation, and first-draft creative, the truth is that AI tools can now cut the hours a task takes by half, sometimes more, without cutting the quality of the output. 1-271129 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ai-opportunity-for-women-in-pr-075015a Women have always been well represented in the communications industry. However, that representation has not meant that we are recognised for the strategic value behind the work we do. Now, AI presents an interesting opportunity for women in PR. 1-271127 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/humanz-appoints-new-country-manager-for-south-africa-523300a Humanz, the AI-powered creator marketing and commerce platform, has appointed Mpumelelo (Mpumi) Zondi as its new South Africa country manager. 1-270986 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/abc-q2-2026-magazines-magazine-circulation-declines-despite-custom-magazines-growth-856643a While magazines grew 1.5% in the year, buoyed by growth in custom magazines of 12%, the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) second quarter of 2026 for magazines shows a decline from the previous quarter. 1-270969 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/siwelile-thusi-brings-a-new-strategy-to-orchard-on-25-078235a Orchard on 25 has appointed Siwelile Thusi as its new strategy director, and she is taking on the challenge of building the agency’s strategy department from the ground up — with a vision for strategy that is commercially valuable, creatively useful and impossible to overlook. 1-270897 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sixty60-upgrades-pixie-as-ai-becomes-central-to-grocery-shopping-290317a Sixty60 is expanding the capabilities of its AI-powered shopping assistant Pixie, introducing Pixie Smart Chat, a new feature that allows customers to interact with the assistant through text, voice and images. 1-270770 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Artificial Intelligence South Africa