•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump yesterday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, calling them a hoax and rejecting global calls to put guardrails around the fast-moving technology. Trump’s pushback comes amid growing international alarm about AI, with even some tech bosses saying development of computer s...
•People gather for a New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest at Washington Square Park on August 30, 2026 New York is banning student use of artificial intelligence until high school, the city’s mayor announced yesterday, in a move designed to protect children’s education and mental health. The one-year restriction, which impact...
•Prof. Enikuomehin (middle) and LASU VC, Prof. Olatunji-Bello A Professor of Computer Science at Lagos State University, Prof. Oluwatoyin Enikuomehin, has warned that Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how people think, remember, and make decisions, urging Nigeria to urgently enact a National AI Act before the technology outpac...
The World Bank today called on developing countries to embrace artificial intelligence technology tools to deliver better governance outcomes, warning that they risked being left behind if they failed to do so. “AI has thrown developing economies a lifeline, and they should seize it,” Indermit Gill, chief economist of the World Bank Group, sai...
•Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is now driving 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more sophisticated and increasingly difficult to detect, according to INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026. The report warns that the continent’s rapid digital transformation, marked by more...
•World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Africa must move urgently to position itself at the centre of the next global economic transformation or risk being left behind once again. That was the stark message from Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who challenged Afr...
•Boko Haram terrorists Boko Haram fighters have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to improve their operations, using chatbots to obtain technical guidance on attacks, weapons and battlefield tactics, according to a report by The New York Times yesterday. Citing a study by terrorism and technology researcher Antonia Juelich o...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested two candidates and a parent over the alleged forgery of 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results using Artificial Intelligence and other electronic tools. The board disclosed this while announcing the release of results for 632,788 candidates who sat the exa...
Vice Chancellor of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Professor Haruna Ayuba, has tasked academic staff and postgraduate students to engage in the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) in their academic research work and writing. Prof. Ayuba stated this recently at a two-day training programme for postgraduate students and academic...
Google yesterday unveiled a new iteration of its professional Gemini AI suite geared toward online retail, seeking to create seamless interactions for shoppers from product searches to customer service. Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (CX) will “use complex reasoning to understand intent and execute multi-step tasks on behalf of a cu...
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