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Institutional development · Student experience, equity and outcomes · South Africa

Student uses AI to build app pointing Cape Town and Stellenbosch students to food deals

The University of Cape Town has featured Dyllon Steiner, a student who used AI to help build a mobile app that lists food deals for students in two South African cities.

Photo: Mike / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Why it matters: Students in and around Cape Town and Stellenbosch are the intended users of the food-deals app Dyllon Steiner built with AI assistance.

The University of Cape Town reported that a student, Dyllon Steiner, used AI to help him build a mobile app.

According to the university, the app is designed to help students find food deals in and around Cape Town and Stellenbosch.

Editor’s view

Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor

Students in and around Cape Town and Stellenbosch are the people the app is built for; the University of Cape Town reports that Dyllon Steiner relied on AI to help him create it.

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