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Image from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02420-7 and included in presentation by Professor Kevin Behrens, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, titled “Generative AI in Research: The Need for Transparency, Caution & Regulation”, to demonstrate ‘opacity’ and presented at Wits SARIMA Carnegie World Ethics Day online colloquium on 6 August 2024.
AI, bias and ‘WEIRD’ science Colloquium explores ethical dilemmas arising with AI and big data in research.
Working on Fire team managing a burn site in the Kruger National Park
Wildfires in South Africa are set to increase How legal action can help the country adapt better to climate change and it's deadly impact.
Prof. Bavesh Kana Head of the School of Pathology and co-author of the study about a new potential TB vaccine for all ages
Potential vaccine to prevent TB A candidate vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) has been created using a gene-editing approach.
How old are South African fossils? Researchers have calculated the age of several important fossils by examining ancient hominin teeth.