Nigerian Harvard Graduates’ Hair-Braiding Robot Wins $75,000 Grand Prize at President’s Innovation Challenge
Cambridge, MA — Two Nigerian graduates from Harvard University, Yinka Ogunbiyi, MS/MBA ’23, and David Afolabi, MBA ’23, have captured…
Category: Global AI watch
Tracking the most important global AI developments through an African lens. From policy shifts and tech breakthroughs to international funding and ethical debates — this category connects Africa to the global AI landscape.
OpenAI Introduces 7.5% VAT on ChatGPT Subscriptions in Nigeria, Launches Affordable “Go” Plan
Starting November 1, 2025, OpenAI will implement Nigeria’s 7.5% Value-Added Tax (VAT) on all its paid services, including ChatGPT Plus,…
OpenAI Launches Atlas Browser in Direct Challenge to Google’s Search Dominance
San Francisco — OpenAI fired its latest salvo in the AI wars Tuesday, unveiling ChatGPT Atlas, an artificial intelligence-powered web…
Measuring the Unmeasurable: New Framework Reveals True Scale of EU AI Investment
How the OECD and European Commission are bringing transparency to artificial intelligence spending Artificial intelligence dominates headlines, political speeches, and…
Walmart Partners with OpenAI to Bring Shopping to ChatGPT in Major Retail AI Push
The world’s largest retailer embraces conversational commerce, allowing customers to browse and purchase products directly through ChatGPT Walmart has announced…
Slack Transforms Slackbot into AI-Powered Personal Assistant
Collaboration platform introduces enhanced AI capabilities with expected rollout by end of 2025 Slack is significantly upgrading its familiar Slackbot…
Samsung’s Tiny Recursive Model Outperforms Giant AI Systems in Reasoning Benchmarks
Samsung’s AI research team at the Advanced Institute of Technology in Montreal has developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model that…
ByteDance Unveils Seedream 4.0: TikTok Parent Company Takes Aim at AI Image Generation Market
Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, the company behind social media phenomenon TikTok, has entered the competitive AI image generation space with…
The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns
A stark warning from Deutsche Bank suggests that America’s economic resilience hangs on the sustainability of AI spending—and the outlook…
An unprecedented coalition including 8 former heads of state and ministers, 10 Nobel laureates, 70+ organizations, and 200+ public figures just made a joint call for global red lines on AI
NEW YORK – In an unprecedented show of unity, over 200 prominent politicians and scientists, including 10 Nobel Prize winners…