South Africa’s government has finally published its draft national AI policy, and it is nothing if not ambitious.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi gazetted the 86-page document last Thursday, opening a 60-day public comment window. Cabinet approved it in late March. The country now has until 10 June to tell the government what it thinks.
What the government is thinking, apparently, is that AI needs a lot of oversight — specifically, seven brand-new institutions’ worth of it.
Seven Bodies, Zero Budget Lines
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