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AI: Can we trust the advice that it gives us, and the motives behind the people who build the systems?
7 October 2026
Tiny technologies advance neurotherapeutics
Tiny lipid-based nanoparticles could help medicines reach their targets in the brain more effectively for diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
7 October 2026
Climate change could push mosquito-borne diseases into new parts of Africa
Warning comes as Southern Africa is faced with a particularly dangerous combination of a strong El Niño and long-term global warming.
7 October 2026
Wits is developing a R341 million Cultural Precinct, embedded in the academy, that will see the development of a new arts and lifestyle space connecting Wits to Jozi. A Wits student is heading to Berlin after winning Falling Walls Lab Gauteng with her AI-powered real-time translation platform. Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi, Wits Vice-Chancellor, led a UN General Assembly discussion on improving education, skills and job opportunities across Africa. Researchers are calling on the WHO to declare the climate crisis an international public health emergency and the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies marks 20 years of HI HOPES, supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
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Wits University is committed to the responsible, ethical and innovative use of AI with academic integrity at its centre. The purpose of this policy is to provide academic and professional and support staff (staff), and students with contextually valued practices regarding the fair and productive use of AI in advancing research, innovation, learning, teaching, course design and assessment of student learning at the University.
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