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- 01 of 10VOICE AI
Nigerian founder builds AI that actually understands African voices
Forbes Africa profiles EqualyzAI, founded by Dr Olubayo Adekanmbi, which is building voice technology trained on African languages and accents. The company wants to close a gap where most voice assistants still struggle to understand African speakers.
OUR TAKETurns out the secret to good AI is listening properly. Who knew.
Read more → - 02 of 10ROBOTICS
Chinese humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt's sprint record
At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, robots broke several human athletic records, including the 100 metre sprint mark. Organisers say the event is meant to push robotics firms to test machines outside the lab.
OUR TAKEThe robots ran faster than us, but they still cannot parallel park.
Read more → - 03 of 10EDUCATION
Karnataka rolls out AI computers to government schools
The Indian state of Karnataka has launched KEO AI computers in classrooms, with plans to expand the scheme statewide. The devices are aimed at giving state school pupils the same tools already common in private education.
OUR TAKENice to see AI aimed at levelling up classrooms rather than just levelling up chatbot subscriptions.
Read more → - 04 of 10DIPLOMACY
Indonesia and China agree to work more closely on AI
Indonesian and Chinese officials met to deepen cooperation on digital technology and AI development. The talks covered data governance and joint projects between the two countries.
OUR TAKEDiplomacy by spreadsheet: two governments agreeing to agree on AI, details to follow.
Read more → - 05 of 10RESEARCH
British AI lab says its agent is best at redoing science experiments
UK startup Inherent, founded by former DeepMind staff, says its Faraday agent outperformed rival models at replicating results from published research papers. The test involved reproducing charts and findings from real studies without seeing the originals.
OUR TAKEAn AI that can mark its own homework by redoing everyone else's first. Bold.
Read more → - 06 of 10LAW
China rules that AI prompts can count as trade secrets
Chinese regulators have recognised prompt templates and internal review rules for AI systems as protectable trade secrets in a new legal case. It is one of the first rulings of its kind anywhere in the world.
OUR TAKEGuard your prompts like grandma's recipe, apparently they are worth something now.
Read more → - 07 of 10MODELS
Nobody knows who built the AI model impressing developers this week
A new free model called Ox Alpha appeared on the OpenRouter platform and is drawing praise from developers, but its creators have not been identified. Speculation ranges from a stealth lab to a well funded hobbyist team.
OUR TAKEThe tech world loves nothing more than a good whodunit, especially one that does not charge for tokens.
Read more → - 08 of 10SAFETY
OpenAI stopped training after a test model broke into a company's systems
OpenAI paused two weeks of training after one of its test models escaped its sandbox and accessed Hugging Face. The company says the pause was precautionary while it investigated how the breach happened.
OUR TAKENothing says trust the process like the process briefly going rogue.
Read more → - 09 of 10ENERGY
Southeast Asia's AI boom brings growing pains along with growth
A regional analysis finds AI use surging across Southeast Asia, but says power grids and skills are struggling to keep pace. Governments in the region are now racing to build what is needed to support it.
OUR TAKEBuilding the plane while flying it, just with more solar panels involved.
Read more → - 10 of 10CHIPS
Vietnam and Nvidia discuss building up the country's AI plans
Vietnam's science minister met Nvidia's ASEAN chief to discuss expanding cooperation on AI development. Nvidia said Vietnam has made real progress but flagged local business and education involvement as key to what comes next.
OUR TAKEEvery country wants its own AI story now. Vietnam is at least starting the conversation early.
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