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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 4h

Why an Ed-Tech Behemoth Unraveled www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in... #HigherEd

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NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available

NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available

A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil…

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 17d

The AI Con — unpacking the artificial intelligence hype machine - ABC listen

Is the world really in the midst of an AI revolution, or is it all just clever marketing, powered by immense amounts of money, capital and hype? This episode arms you to spot AI hype in all its…

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 19d

5 Things Managers Do That Leaders Never Would, According to Simon simonsinek.com/stories/5-th...

Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 19d

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Data Science for Social Impact @dsfsi.bsky.social · 19d

Huge congratulations again to Dr. Mpho Mokoatle on her PhD in Computer Science from UP! 🎓 So proud her groundbreaking cancer research and inspiring journey are featured by the Weekend Argus. Her work in DNA analysis for early detection is truly life-changing!

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Dr Mpho Mokoatle: a beacon of hope in cancer research through her PhD in Computer Science

Dr Mpho Mokoatle has emerged as a beacon of hope following her recent PhD graduation in Computer Science from the University of Pretoria. Her groundbreaking research aims to harness advanced…

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 23d

Much of this applies to the South African case with our insane online Sports betting <> Sports Betting: What DraftKings & FanDuel Don’t Want You To Know youtube.com/watch?v=unks...

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 24d

Sports betting is killing the youth <> South Africa has a new crisis – and it’s getting worse – BusinessTech businesstech.co.za/news/governm...

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 24d

AI Chatbots: Are They Dangerous? pocketcasts.com/podcast/scie...

Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · 28d

How a $1.5 Billion Settlement Could Alter the Course of AI pocketcasts.com/podcast/the-...

Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Sep 9

Artificial Intelligence boom across Africa | BBC News

Although Africa is home to a huge proportion of the world's languages, many are missing when it comes to the development of AI. Most AI tools, such as ChatGPT, are trained on English as well as…

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Sep 4

My Inaugural Lecture is now online 🎥
Beyond the Symbols: Natural Language Processing as an Adaptive Problem

I reflect on my journey in advancing AI & NLP for African languages, tackling data scarcity, building communities & imagining inclusive futures.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwef...

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Sep 7

Disciplined-AI-Software-Development: This methodology provides a structured approach for collaborating with AI systems on software development projects.
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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Sep 7

Consent, Credit, Compensate <> Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit with book authors www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · Sep 4

Next was an excellent talk by @vukosi.bsky.social on natural language processing for low resource languages and the importance of Africans developing their own solutions at @dsfsi.bsky.social youtu.be/hwefANMnSxo?... (5/8)

Beyond the Symbols: Natural Language Processing as an Adaptive Problem - Prof. Vukosi Marivate

YouTube video by Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI)

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Sep 4

My Inaugural Lecture is now online 🎥
Beyond the Symbols: Natural Language Processing as an Adaptive Problem

I reflect on my journey in advancing AI & NLP for African languages, tackling data scarcity, building communities & imagining inclusive futures.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwef...

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 30

Fuelling the AGI hype: The Recruitment Playbook to land Big Tech contracts - Africa Uncensored africauncensored.online/blog/2025/08...

Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people — mcdreeamie-musings

We’ve all sat in those presentations. A speaker with a stream of slides full of text, monotonously reading them off as we read along. We’re so used to it we expect it. We accept it. We even…

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 29

The boy child has been left behind. We have to do more as it is a ticking time bomb even in SouthAfrica. <> Why Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind youtube.com/watch?v=B257...

Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 28

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This lecture is not just about my work, but about all of us building together.

May we keep widening the door so that many more can walk through.

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 28

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I want to give my deepest thanks to my family.
To my wider family, friends, collaborators, and to the African and global communities who have been so generous in their belief in our mission thank you.

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 28

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It happened. I professed. I am now your Professor 😃

I am so thankful for the giants MIchael Littman and Tshilidzi Marwala on whose shoulders I stand.

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 24

With 50 IndabaX events across 50 countries, we are close to all 54 African nations represented. Hand in hand—Urunana—we will build the African AI we want. 🤝🤖 #DLI2025 4/4

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 24

We gathered to strengthen African Machine Learning. To strengthen our countries, our communities, ourselves. To refill our cups & face another year of building. ✨ 3/

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Vukosi Marivate @vukosi.bsky.social · Aug 24

A milestone: 100 papers submitted, 19 accepted into the first ever full DLI Proceedings. A powerful sign of the growing strength of African-led research. 📄✍🏾 2/

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