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AI is a pathway to advancing national development — Sam George
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has described artificial intelligence (AI) as a vital pathway to accelerating Ghana’s national development.
Trafficked Ghanaians should not be prosecuted for crimes they were forced to commit – Forum
A national anti-human trafficking forum has called on the Government of Ghana to stop treating victims of trafficking for forced cybercrime as criminals, warning that prosecuting them instead of identifying them as victims allows trafficking syndicates to thrive. The call forms part of a communiqué adopted at the Natio...
Version of AI tool ‘too powerful for public’ released to public
A version of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that the company said was too powerful to release to the public has just been released to the public.
Nominations open for Ghana AI Summit & Awards 2026
Organisers of the Ghana AI Summit & Awards have opened nominations for the 2026 edition of the event, scheduled to take place from July 29 to 30. The summit, organised by Knowledge Innovations in partnership with Deloitte, is expected to bring together stakeholders in artificial intelligence, innovation and digital tra...
TikTok to settle with teen plaintiff before California social media trial, law firm says
TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a teenager who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, a spokesperson for the plaintiff's law firm said Tuesday.
It is easier to go after humans than systems – CSA explains rise in digital fraud
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has explained that the increasing cases of digital fraud are largely driven by criminals targeting human behaviour rather than attempting to break through complex technological systems.
US judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot, Claude.
US, China to hold AI talks in September, sources say
The United States and China will hold talks over AI in September, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the rival superpowers grapple with how to mitigate the risks posed by each other's increasingly powerful frontier models.
Alphabet’s Gemini delay, spending worries loom over earnings
Alphabet faces heightened scrutiny from investors as a delay in the launch of a model key to its AI ambitions adds to worries over the payoff from massive data-centre spending
OpenAI says AI models went rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ breach at startup
OpenAI said on Tuesday that some of its AI models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. In a blog post, opens new tab, OpenAI said it was testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment...
Science, technology, innovation remain practical development tools—Dr. Belete
Ethiopia’s minister for Innovation and Technology, Dr. Belete Molla Getahun, has said that science, technology, and innovation (STI) should be treated as practical development tools.
India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns
India has asked WhatsApp to pause the rollout of a new feature that would let users chat using unique usernames, saying it could increase online fraud and phishing scams. The feature – which will let people chat without revealing their phone numbers – is expected to be rolled out to WhatsApp’s three billion global user...