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Architecture, POPIA, and sovereign AI in SA.

Technical posts on building production AI systems for regulated industries. Reference architectures, compliance deep-dives, and build-in-public notes from real deployments.

POPIA Section 72 and the default deployment problem

Most SA enterprises running AI on global cloud vendors are creating a cross-border transfer under Section 72 without knowing it. Here is what the section actually says, and what a compliant architecture looks like.

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