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28.12.25 - 07:01
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Why AI in Africa Depends on Telecom Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
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Axian Group's founder Hassanein Hiridjee says telecommunications is the backbone of artificial intelligence in Africa and the continent will need much stronger infrastructure to unlock its full potential. Hiridjee speaks in an interview with Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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27.12.25 - 22:30
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Asia needs AI talent to fuel its future growth (SCMP)
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The “AI Plus” strategy emerging from China's State Council, which promotes artificial intelligence teaching across all levels of education, comes amid reports that AI classes are now compulsory for primary and secondary schools in Hangzhou. These show a new urgency attaching to AI talent development.
Asia is becoming a leader in upskilling workers for an AI-driven world. In a region of ageing societies, there is perhaps no greater economic imperative than ensuring that all workforce demographics......
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27.12.25 - 18:54
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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ′AI slop′, study finds (The Guardian)
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Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data showsMore than 20% of the videos that YouTube's algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world's most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Continue reading......
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27.12.25 - 13:24
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AI agents usher in era of autonomous decision-making and task execution (Digitimes)
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As generative AI advances, applications are shifting from simple content creation to autonomous action. AI agents have become central, focusing on understanding goals, making independent decisions, and completing tasks with minimal human input. This marks AI's evolution from a tool to an intelligent system that works autonomously....
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27.12.25 - 09:30
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Can AI deliver the economic goods and high returns? Don′t count on it (SCMP)
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Only one thing matches the excitement, bordering on hysteria, about artificial intelligence having the potential to transform just about every aspect of our lives – and that is the exuberance AI has generated in stock markets. Yet both phenomena are coming under increasing scrutiny as we enter the new year.
Some question the extent to which AI can in fact substitute for human intelligence across business and society while others challenge the technology on environmental and ethical grounds. Yet......
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