AI for science needs reasoning, not just data
Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.” In…
AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I headed 30 miles…
WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones
WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones
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Oakvale Invest Backs South African AI Startup Tennsa in Its First Portfolio Deal
South African AI startup Tennsa has secured backing from Oakvale Invest, becoming the first company in the newly launched AI-focused pre-seed fund’s portfolio. The Cape Town-based startup received more than…
Lagos Is Training 10,000 Young People in AI
Lagos is getting more serious about preparing its young people for an AI-powered economy. On August 10, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), in partnership with InnoPower Africa, launched…
Another ChatGPT Update. But What Actually Changed?
About two weeks ago, Google shipped Gemini 3.6 Flash and two smaller, specialised variants, promising better performance with lower latency and more efficient AI agents. A few days later, OpenAI…
INTERPOL: AI is Responsible for more 55% of cybercrime in Africa
INTERPOL’s latest cybercrime report has one headline everybody’s repeating: AI is now linked to 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa. But that’s only one of several findings from the organisation’s…
Omowonuola Akintola wants Africa to build its geospatial future
An unmapped village. A community overlooked for development. A disaster response slowed by missing data. Those are the kinds of problems Omowonuola Akintola has spent her career trying to solve….
Who wins and who loses under Kenya’s AI policy proposal?
Far from being a narrow regulatory exercise, the draft policy seeks to reshape the economics of artificial intelligence in Kenya. It encourages investment in local infrastructure, imposes new obligations on…