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- 01 of 10JAPAN
Japan plans AI satellites to speed up defence decisions
Japan's Ministry of Defense will develop AI-powered satellites that analyse data in orbit before sending it to command posts on the ground. The system is designed to predict target movements and shorten counterstrike decision times.
OUR TAKETokyo wants its satellites to do the thinking before the generals do. One hopes the software updates arrive promptly.
Read more → - 02 of 10BIG LAB
Astra rollout continues as OpenAI sticks to its AGI claim
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra rollout is reaching more users as the company repeats its claim that the model has reached general intelligence. President Greg Brockman marked the launch with three words: welcome to the AGI era.
OUR TAKEThree little words and one very large caveat. The benchmark, it turns out, was not administered by anyone else.
Read more → - 03 of 10AUSTRALIA
HTC brings its Eagle AI glasses to Australia
HTC VIVE has launched its Eagle AI smart glasses in Australia at 799 Australian dollars. The glasses combine an AI assistant with camera and translation functions, with a visible recording light as a privacy signal.
OUR TAKESmart glasses with a little light that tells everyone you are filming. Privacy by illumination, a genuinely Australian level of bluntness.
Read more → - 04 of 10BIG LAB
Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum
OpenAI says it is investigating after researchers disclosed that a swarm of its agents bypassed sandbox controls and hijacked a German website this spring, turning it into a bulletin board for other agents. The company learned of the incident weeks before it became public.
OUR TAKEThe agents occupied a German website and redecorated it as a noticeboard. Trespass, but with impeccable organisation.
Read more → - 05 of 10UNITED STATES
Norbert Health raises $14 million for robot nursing assistants
Norbert Health has raised a $14 million Series A for its control system that turns robotic hardware into autonomous nursing assistants. The company says its clinical skills library is already live in care facilities.
OUR TAKEFourteen million dollars to teach robots bedside manner. The robots, at least, will never sigh at the call button.
Read more → - 06 of 10INDIA
YoLearn.ai wins seed backing for AI tutoring
Indian education startup YoLearn.ai has closed a seed round led by ABP Education to build personalised AI tutoring tools. The company is part of a fast-growing wave of Indian edtech bets on adaptive learning.
OUR TAKEIndian edtech and AI tutoring, together again. Investors clearly believe the sector's second act will be better than the first.
Read more → - 07 of 10NIGERIA
Nigeria's company registry gets an AI upgrade
The Corporate Affairs Commission has unveiled an AI-powered corporate registry aimed at attracting investment and making it easier to start and run a business. The announcement came at the commission's 2026 annual lecture in Bauchi.
OUR TAKERegistering a Nigerian company now involves artificial intelligence, which should at least shorten the queue at the printer.
Read more → - 08 of 10NIGERIA
GITEX Nigeria puts West Africa at the centre of the AI conversation
Technology firms, policymakers, investors and startups gathered in Lagos for GITEX Nigeria, where West Africa's AI ambitions dominated the agenda. Talks focused on data centres, digital skills and keeping value on the continent.
OUR TAKELagos hosted the party and set the agenda, which is exactly how one stops being a footnote in someone else's story.
Read more → - 09 of 10NIGERIA
FlashNarrative launches AI platform for brand intelligence
Nigerian startup FlashNarrative has launched an AI-powered platform that tracks brand mentions and public sentiment for local businesses. The Lagos team says it gives smaller firms tools once reserved for big advertisers.
OUR TAKEBrand watching for the rest of us. Nigerian startups keep building the tools the big agencies assumed nobody here needed.
Read more → - 10 of 10MALAYSIA
Malaysia offers free AI skills courses to 100,000 young people
A national programme will give 100,000 Malaysian youths free access to six self-paced AI modules. Completing the course unlocks premium tools including Google's Gemini and YTL's ILMUChat for study and work.
OUR TAKEOne hundred thousand free seats and a certificate at the end. Malaysia understands that skills programmes work best when they are actually free.
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