Artificial Intelligence
Insights into artificial intelligence developments, applications, and ethical considerations in tech shaping the content and the world
- News
Apple’s Gemini-Powered Siri Is Still On Track for 2026, Google Confirms
Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian confirmed at Cloud Next 2026 that a Gemini-powered, personalised Siri remains on track for 2026.
- Interesting Reads
All Safaricom employees are now AI trained, and the reason says a lot about where the telco is headed
Safaricom has revealed that every single employee, regardless of role, was required to complete AI 101 training last year. That…
- Opinion
Apple’s Incoming CEO John Ternus Says the Company Is ‘About to Change the World’ Again
From the first foldable iPhone to long-rumoured smart glasses, here is the speculation around Apple's first wave of products under…
- News
Google’s New Deep Research Agents Can Now Search Both the Web and Your Private Files
Google's Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents now blend web search with private company data through the Gemini API
- Startups
Coamana, Duck, ReportsAI, VunaPay: Kenya Lands 4 Spots in Google’s Class 10 Accelerator
Four Kenyan AI startups join Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 10 from a record 2,600 global applications.
- Startups
Lua, the Nairobi-Rooted AI Agent Startup, Raises $5.8M Led by Norrsken22
Lua, the AI agent startup built by Money254 and Paystack alumni, raises $5.8M led by Norrsken22 for global expansion.
- News
Samsung’s New SmartThings Update Turns Your Phone Into a Long-Distance Caregiver
Samsung SmartThings now helps caregivers check on ageing parents and expands Now Brief briefings to Samsung TVs and smart fridges.
- Interesting Reads
KONVERSATIONS is Here: Pawa IT Launches AI Platform Built for African Customer Support
Kenya’s pawaIT launches KONVERSATIONS, an Africa-first AI platform built on Google’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience for enterprise customer support.
- News
Sama to Lay Off 1,108 Nairobi Employees After Meta Ends Major Contract
Meta has ended a major contract with Sama's Nairobi office. 1,108 employees now face redundancy under Kenya's labour law.
- News
TECNO Wants to Put an AI Agent on Your Phone. EllaClaw Is Its First Attempt.
TECNO's EllaClaw, built on the open-source OpenClaw framework, brings autonomous AI agent capabilities to budget smartphones in Kenya.
- Business
Samsung’s Memory Business Alone Is Now More Profitable Than Amazon or Meta
Samsung's memory chip division is generating more quarterly profit than Amazon or Meta make as entire companies.
- News
CityBlue Hotels and Inntelo AI bring Agentic AI to African hospitality
If you’re wondering exactly how fast the world of Artificial Intelligence is moving, you aren’t alone. I’ve been incredibly fascinated…
- News
TECNO CAMON 50’s AI Song Identification feels like Shazam built into Ella
TECNO launched the CAMON 50 series in March, and since then, the company has been pushing just about everything on…
- News
Samsung Just Fixed the Biggest Hidden Problem in Artificial Intelligence
At GTC, Samsung introduced 4.0 TB/s HBM4E memory and innovative copper bonding to solve critical AI thermal and bandwidth bottlenecks.
- News
EU votes to kill Grok’s ability to bikini-fy or nudify real people
The European Parliament just found the perfect Trojan horse to justify a massive overreach into AI regulation, and they are…
