Artificial Intelligence
Insights into artificial intelligence developments, applications, and ethical considerations in tech shaping the content and the world
- News
Gemini desktop app arrives on Windows 10 and 11
Google's Gemini desktop app now installs free on Windows 10 and 11. How to get it and what it adds.
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Anthropic caught a Kenyan bot farm using Claude to praise Energy Cabinet Secretary
Anthropic removed an account using Claude to mass-produce fake grassroots tweets praising a Kenyan Cabinet Secretary before the 2027 election.
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Nubia NaviX Ultra launches 16 September with ByteDance’s Doubao driving the whole phone
Nubia launches the NaviX Ultra on 16 September in China, run by ByteDance's Doubao agent. WeChat blocked the December prototype.
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Baidu wants its AI agent to run your home
Baidu connected its Baidu Dazi agent platform to four new Xiaodu home devices, so the assistant now completes household tasks.
- Business
HP and UpSkill Universe launch free AI training for 55,000 SMEs
HP and UpSkill Universe are offering free AI training to 55,000 SMEs in Nigeria and South Africa through HP LIFE.
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DeepSeek turns to Huawei for 160,000 AI chips as Nvidia stays locked out of China
DeepSeek plans 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips for a 1GW Inner Mongolia data centre. Training stays on Nvidia. Full timeline.
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Anthropic is Paying Students $3,600 to run AI clubs, Apply Now!
Anthropic pays student ambassadors USD 3,600 to run campus AI clubs. Kenyans can apply, and applications close on 12 September.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and says we are now in the AGI era
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra. President Greg Brockman says the AGI era has started.
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Samsung launches cheaper $800 Galaxy Book 6, with a huge spec drop
Samsung's new USD 799.99 Galaxy Book6 has a 15 TOPS NPU, while the Galaxy Book6 launched at CES has 49
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Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1. Here is what changed
Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 launched 1 September. What changed, what it costs, and what Anthropic's benchmarks leave out.
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Xiaomi debuts LPDDR6 with CXMT outpacing Samsung and SK Hynix
Chinese memory maker CXMT has begun LPDDR6 mass production ahead of Samsung and SK Hynix, with Xiaomi 18 Fold first.
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ChatGPT is now a search engine in the eyes of EU law. Here is what that actually means
The EU designated ChatGPT a search engine and Reddit and Roblox platforms. What that means, what they must do, explained.
- Opinion
Apple’s 9 September event is John Ternus’s first, and the Mac ads suggest the tone is changing
Apple holds its iPhone event on 9 September at 8pm Kenyan time, the first under new chief executive John Ternus.
- News
Honor mocks Samsung for using AI in its SSD ads
Samsung promoted new SSDs with a generative AI video. Honor hit back over its Magic V6 shoot. What it means.
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Apple’s new Mac Studio costs $2,499 with M5 Max and $5,499 for M5 Ultra
Apple's new Mac Studio holds 512GB memory for local AI. M5 Max costs $2,499, M5 Ultra $5,499. Ships September.
