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In the Zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania, rural farmers are using an AI-assisted app called Nuru that works in their native language of Swahili to detect a devastating cassava disease before…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are now economic activity, human behaviour and governance policies globally. But as with most technological innovations, the benefits and risks of AI are not distributed equally…

The United Nations has adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence as part of an effort to ensure the technology remains "safe, secure and trustworthy". The non-binding resolution, drafted…

If frolicking in the woods foraging for wild mushrooms is on your bucket list, by all means, go forth. But when the time comes to determine whether you can eat…

An AI tool that creates digital twins of patients can predict our future health, according to a new study. Named Foresight, the tool uses generative pre-trained transformers, the same family of large…

Whether you’re a schoolteacher or university student, a workplace upskiller or a lifelong learner, there are generative AI tools you can use to make education more accessible, efficient and affordable.…

Twenty-five years ago your correspondent hired(rented) a cellphone in Congo. Each day, it cost what a typical local made in several months. The handset was as heavy as a half-brick and…

Four days ago, a giant 3-kilometer fissure opened up in the ground on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, sending a river of molten lava flowing across the landscape. The eruption…

General-purpose humanoid robots using AI are advancing and increasingly gaining investment support to perform tasks that humans do easily. According to SkyQuest Technology Research, the humanoid robot market size was…

A group of delegates led by the Amhara region deputy president, urban development cluster coordinator and urban infrastructure bureau head Ahmedin Mohammed (Dr.) visited the institute and received valuable support…