South Africans’ interest in AI on the rise, according to Google Trends

South Africans’ interest in synthetic intelligence is on the rise, according to Google Trends search knowledge.

According to knowledge from Google Trends, South Africans’ interest in synthetic intelligence is on the rise. The knowledge measured the variety of searches about the expertise in the nation.

The preliminary interest peaked in December 2022, a month after OpenAI launched their extensively in style AI chatbot ChatGPT. The subsequent peak was in February 2023, the identical week that Google launched their ChatGPT competitor, Bard. The first week of April additionally noticed a brand new peak in searches on AI, adopted by the week of July sixteenth which recorded the highest quantity of searches ever in the nation.

Some of the hottest search matters on AI had been details about conversational AI chatbots. ChatGPT led the manner in phrases of the variety of search queries, adopted by BardAI and different generative AI instruments together with Character.ai and Dawn.ai. The Western Cape attracted generated the most variety of search queries, adopted by Gauteng, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. 

In July 2023, following rising interest in AI in the nation, the South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) was launched in partnership with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). The physique goals to promote accountable AI adoption for industrial and societal profit in South Africa in addition to appeal to overseas direct funding, facilitate worldwide market entry for African tech firms, and showcase South African AI innovation.

Some of the founding members of the affiliation embody Google, the University of Johannesburg, the Western Cape Government, and Gauteng Tourism Authority.