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🇺🇸 Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law

SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols — marking the end of a lobbying battle with big tech companies like ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Meta and setting the groundwork for a potential national standard. The proposal was the…
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October 1, 2025
Geoffrey Hinton: The Benediction AI Pioneer

In October 2024, Geoffrey Hinton, alongside John Hopfield, received the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering work in neural networks and deep learning—foundational to today’s AI systems . Known as the “Godfather of AI,” Hinton has played a central role in advancing machine learning—from backpropagation to Boltzmann machines and beyond . However, in 2023, he…
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August 31, 2025
African Union greenlights AI adoption across member states

The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) has approved the “Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy,” which promotes AI adoption in the public and private sectors among member states. This strategy was announced in a document published on the AU website on Aug. 9. The AU’s AI strategy was formally adopted during the AU Executive Council’s 45th Ordinary Session…
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September 17, 2024
Bill (PL 2.338/2023) regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in Brazil will be voted on by the Senate’s temporary committee

The Bill (PL 2.338/2023) regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in Brazil will be voted on by the Senate’s temporary committee on AI (CTIA), despite criticisms about risks to freedom of expression in the country The main critics are opponents of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) government, particularly targeting articles 14 and 15 of the…
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July 9, 2024
David v. Goliath: Small language models challenge Big Tech’s AI giants

Community-owned small language model project introduces a framework for incentivized data sharing, aiming to redefine AI development and user interaction. Assisterr targets the monopolization of AI by Big Tech, advocating for data ownership and the democratization of AI through community-owned small language models (SLMs), which offer tailored and efficient solutions. The debate on whether artificial…
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April 9, 2024
The National Artificial Intelligence Policy For Rwanda

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to dramatically improve lives and livelihoods across the Republic of Rwanda, as well as make remarkable progress towards achievement of national development and economic objectives and sustainable development goals. However, while the development and economic opportunities of AI are huge, they are inextricably connected with risks which require ethical…
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February 9, 2024
Welcome to the Dot-Com Boom 2.0: The Rise of AI Stocks

Believe it or not, you’re living through a modern version of the 1990s Dot-Com Boom. This time, it’s not the internet but AI technology that’s poised to have an even more significant economic impact on the world. In the 1990s, the internet emerged as a groundbreaking technology, promising to make everything faster, more efficient, and…
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February 8, 2024