Abstract
The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in South Africa is an area of the law which has not yet been legislated upon in this country. In its report on The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa, the 4IR commission highlighted the need to create policies, legal frameworks and legislation regulating the use and/or application of AI tools.
In the South African Constitution, certain pieces of legislation and the common law accommodate the use of AI, but this is an unintended consequence of the legislator. Therefore, this research will discuss the current legal landscape and how it accommodates the use, application and deployment of AI tools. This study, therefore, looks at international best practice as well as international conventions of AI for guidance on the regulation of AI. The South African government has recently published a draft AI strategy for SA which was followed by an AI policy framework.