OPINION: If AI Is Going to Be Africa’s Next Great Multiplier, It Needs a New Formula for Success
When mobile networks first started rolling out at scale, the African market was considered unviable by many of the companies
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IMF Raises Global Growth Forecast but Warns of AI and Debt Risks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its global economic growth forecast for 2026, as investment in artificial intelligence helps
Scientists Warn that AI Hacking Incidents Could Soon Become More Damaging
More than 200 artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers have called for stricter safeguards around advanced AI systems, warning that future
Character.AI Has Filed For Bankruptcy
Artificial intelligence entertainment platform Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and agreed to sell some
Meta Wants You to Pay Its AI Agent $100 a Month
Meta Platforms today unveiled Muse Wonder, a new artificial intelligence model designed to power digital assistants, placing its capabilities behind
Kenya Wanted to Be an AI Hub. Microsoft’s Exit Complicates That Plan.
Microsoft’s plan to close its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is threatening to end a six-year effort to build a
The AI Tsunami Could Hit 40% of Jobs Worldwide, IMF Warns
Artificial intelligence could eventually affect about 40% of jobs worldwide, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned today, as
Microsoft Urges UK to Lead Global AI Safety Regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that the United Kingdom is best
Microsoft President: Milk Faces More Regulation Than AI
Artificial intelligence needs urgent global safety rules, including independent evaluations of new systems and requirements for companies to report incidents,
AI Companies Have Turned to Invisible Watermarks to Identify AI-Generated Text
OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are introducing technologies designed to identify artificial intelligence-generated text through invisible statistical watermarks, a shift that
Yuval Noah Harari: Losing Control of AI Will Be Worse Than Fascism
Humanity could face a future more dangerous than fascism if artificial intelligence evolves beyond human control, historian and bestselling author
INTERVIEW: Why NVIDIA Is Rebuilding the AI Infrastructure Behind Pinterest
In this interview with Impact Newswire, Shruti Koparkar, NVIDIA’s AI Inference Product Lead, explains how NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs and Dynamo