[TOP STORY] AI policy blunder highlights risks in SA’s tech strategy

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of AI policy and the risks associated with South Africa's technology strategy as highlighted by Nathan Ross-Adams.

‘The big tech businesses that we’re doing business with such as Microsoft, Huawei, Google, AWS, we’re accepting contracts on their terms, and we need a policy to cover that,’ says Nathan Ross-Adams, AI law researcher and founder of ITLawCo. Moneyweb

People in this episode

Guest: Nathan Ross-Adams

Topics covered

• AI policy
• technology strategy
• South Africa
• big tech
• contracts

Keywords

• AI policy
• technology
• South Africa
• contracts
• big tech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Huawei, Google, AWS, ITLawCo

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