Archive - Future in the Humanities | African Digital Humanities & AI Futures

Asian universities came to Wits with something conspicuously missing... fear

Over two days in June, a visiting Asian delegation arrived with fellowships, exchanges and joint research on offer, and none of the AI dread now…

Jun 26 • Andile Masuku and Maya Loon

April 2026

If AI can sing in your language, do you still own your voice?

African music is already missing from global AI training data. Are protection and preservation even the same problem?

Apr 24 • Gloria Badibake

X marks the spot: your platform is someone else's country

Open-sourcing a candid disagreement with Future in the Humanities (FITH) Founding Chair Prof Iginio Gagliardone about Mastodon and X. What are the…

Apr 14 • Andile Masuku

When the algorithm strikes first

Human futures hang in the balance as asymmetric warfare rewrites the rules of global conflict.

Apr 14 • Rejoice Malisa - van der Walt

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