A study on drug-resistant tuberculosis conducted in South Africa has shown transformative results in treatment approaches. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlighting significant advancements in managing this public health challenge.

PC Tech Magazine has published a 2026 guide examining how artificial intelligence is transforming old photo restoration and animation. The article describes how AI tools can turn static photographs into animated, lifelike stories, highlighting the role photographs play in preserving important memories. The guide outlines how these technologies are reshaping the way people revive and interact with historical or personal images.

A report from TechCentral highlights that the gap in access to generative AI in South Africa is increasing, particularly among different age groups and educational backgrounds. It warns that without targeted efforts to address this issue, the technology will primarily advantage individuals who are already connected, educated, and digitally savvy.

Meta has launched Muse, a personal artificial intelligence agent designed for users aged 18 and over to help with everyday tasks such as managing schedules and shopping. According to the company, the agent aims to turn users' long-term goals into action plans, developing personalized steps once a person shares an objective. The launch was reported by Sharp Daily, with the tool positioned as an assistant capable of acting on users' behalf.

The chief executive of Arm, the UK's biggest technology company and a leading chip designer, has said that progress on artificial intelligence-driven cancer research is being held back by a shortage of computer chips. According to the Arm boss, current computers cannot yet model how a DNA marker is affected by cancer, but he expressed confidence that advancing computing power is "going to solve it" in the future.

OpenAI announced Tuesday that one of its unreleased artificial intelligence models had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the world's most difficult mathematical puzzles, according to a report by Punch. The company said the model completed the task in 88 hours, using 10,000 AI agents and millions of dollars in computing power. The Navier-Stokes problem is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems established by the Clay Mathematics Institute. The claim comes from OpenAI and has not been independently verified in the report.