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Straight-talking opinions on AI, automation, and the future of South African business — published weekly by the Okiru team.
AI Governance
17 June 2026
Anthropic's Latest Policy Changes Signal a New Era of AI Governance
Anthropic's recent policy moves — a stronger Responsible Scaling Policy, calls for government oversight, and greater transparency — offer a glimpse in…
AI Policy
13 June 2026
Anthropic Updates Its Privacy Policy as Claude's Capabilities Expand
As Claude takes on more complex, multi-step tasks and connects to third-party apps, Anthropic has refreshed its consumer privacy policy. Here's what c…
Analysis
13 June 2026
The Month AI Got Serious — and What It Means for South African Business
SpaceX's record IPO. New AI laws. Agentic systems going live in Johannesburg. June 2026 is rewriting the rules — here's what South African leaders nee…
Future of Work
08 June 2026
AI Agents Are Here: Why Skills Development Must Move From Training to Workflow Readiness
AI is no longer a productivity tool sitting beside employees — it's becoming part of the workflow itself. McKinsey found almost every company is inves…
AI Trends
02 June 2026
AI in 2026: The Biggest Changes Happening Right Now and What They Mean for Business
A year ago the conversation was chatbots and content generation. Today it's AI agents, autonomous workflows, multimodal intelligence, and AI moving in…
AI Trends
31 May 2026
The World of AI in 2026: What's Changing, What's Coming, and Why It Matters
AI in 2026 is no longer just chatbots answering questions. It's becoming a working partner that can reason, plan, use tools, and complete complex task…
AI Strategy
27 May 2026
How to Prepare Your Business for AI Adoption
A practical six-step guide for modern organisations. Successful AI implementation isn't about buying the most advanced tools — it's about strategy, da…
Cybersecurity
25 May 2026
AI and Cybersecurity: The New Digital Arms Race
The same AI defending your business is being weaponised against it. Attackers now use generative AI to clone voices, write malware, and run phishing a…
AI Governance
20 May 2026
Why AI Agents Are Becoming the Biggest Business Risk of 2026
AI agents promised digital workers that could run your operations. The reality in 2026? 74% of companies have already rolled back agents in customer s…
AI Strategy
18 May 2026
How To Use AI Agents To Automate Your Business Workflows
The biggest AI shift of 2026 is not chat — it is agents. AI agents take action, connect to your tools, and execute multi-step workflows with minimal h…
Transformation Insights
17 May 2026
Microsoft's R6 Billion in South Africa: The Questions Nobody Is Asking
Microsoft's USD 329 million expansion has been welcomed as a vote of confidence in South Africa. But who actually benefits from these "AI for Africa" …
Product Updates
13 May 2026
Claude Is Retiring Three Features: Here's What's Changing Before June 15
Anthropic has announced that three Claude features will be gradually retired by June 15 as the platform moves to a more capable, VM-based architecture…
Enterprise AI
10 May 2026
The Rise of Multi-Agent AI: Why One AI Assistant Is No Longer Enough
For years the AI industry has been obsessed with one idea: the assistant. One chatbot, one prompt box, one model that does everything. That era is end…
AI & Technology
8 May 2026
What's New in AI This Week: Claude × SpaceX, Opus 4.7, and the Capacity Race
Anthropic just struck a landmark compute deal with SpaceX, shipped Claude Opus 4.7, and lifted rate limits across Claude Code overnight. Here's what a…
AI & Technology
6 May 2026
The Rise of Agentic AI: How Intelligent Systems Are Reshaping Work in 2026
Artificial Intelligence is evolving beyond simple chatbots and assistants. The industry is moving from the era of copilots into the era of agents — sy…
AI & Technology
4 May 2026
Human-Centric Change Management for AI
Why successful AI adoption starts with people, not technology
Tool Spotlight
2 May 2026
Kimi 2.6: The 1-Million-Token Assistant Quietly Outpacing the Mainstream
Moonshot's Kimi has shipped its 2.6 update with sharper reasoning, faster long-context handling, and refined agentic abilities. Here's an honest look …
Strategy
7 April 2026
AI Won't Replace You — But Your Competitor's AI Might
The jobs-versus-AI debate is a distraction. The real question is whether your competitors are moving faster than you, and whether the gap is already t…
Perspective
14 April 2026
The Prompt Engineering Myth
The idea that you need to master 'prompt engineering' to use AI is creating a dangerous barrier. The real skill is much simpler — and much more human.
Opinion
21 April 2026
Why Most South African Businesses Are Still Sleeping on AI
Three years into the generative AI era, the gap between early adopters and the rest is widening fast. Here's what's really holding local businesses ba…