"When you’re getting the public to give their voice for free, will the database of that voice be available for everyone to use for free, to be able to build commercial purposes, or for research purposes, or to build things that people can benefit from?" restofworld.org/2024/nigeria-a…

“The premium for people who can tell you things you do not know will only grow in importance, and no machine will do that,” Jim VandeHei, C.E.O. of Axios.

The "technological overhaul" is just data management and paid service 👇🏿 "Under the new system, prospective caterers will apply online and pay a non-refundable fee of GH¢200. A new information management system will handle caterer selection, data collection, and payments."

The relationship between ethics and #AI is a complicated one. #MozillaAwardee Artificial Life Coach is determined to get people to think critically about the limitations of AI, doing so through engaging content and humour. Dig into the project here⤵️ mzl.la/3Rcyj7r

"People don't know how ordinary success is." —- Mary T. Meagher, winner of 3 gold medals in the Los Angeles Olympics, when asked what the public least under- stands about her sport.

Looks like the "fight" for open-source AI models is going to take a wild turn. theverge.com/2024/8/20/2422…

"Chinese corporate records show IBM has more than 7,500 staff in the country, with a big office in the north-eastern city of Dalian. A large research team in China could complicate winning contracts from the US government, a major customer for “Big Blue”." ft.com/content/b39ed8…

"In Europe, despite the trade opportunities, Africa is often regarded as a potential source of instability, terror and migrants due to its population being forecast to reach 2.5bn by 2050, Isis and al-Qaeda affiliated insurgencies, and political uprisings."ft.com/content/a81140…

At the recent Mozilla Festival in Amsterdam, journalists were asked an interesting narrative question and I am curious what your response will be. Question: If you had a magic wand, what narrative, myth, or cliche, about AI, technology, or the internet would you wish to change?

We teach Africans to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller, We say to Africans “Don’t be uppity”…

As a West African, I get very intrigued when I speak the English language with some Kenyans and they display sharp attentiveness to the semantics. Some even ask, do you mean this literally? 🤭