Musk-led group makes $97.4bn offer for ChatGPT maker OpenAI
A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
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Mashatile, Chikunga mourn death of South Africa’s first black nuclear scientist.
Masango’s tireless efforts to promote science education and empowerment, particularly among women
Italian Elite Targeted by Scammers Using AI Voice Impersonation
A scam used an artificial intelligence-generated voice impersonating Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to ask some of the nation’s top tycoons to wire money overseas.
Macron announces €100 billion investments in AI.
He described the investment as “the equivalent for France of what the US has announced with ‘Stargate’,” referring to OpenAI’s $500-billion programme.
South Korean Government blocks DeepSeek from official devices.
South Korea’s defense and trade ministries said Thursday they had blocked DeepSeek’s access to work computers, following a request from the country’s data watchdog for the Chinese AI startup to clarify how it manages user information
Major breast cancer screening AI trial to commence
Nearly 700,000 women are to be recruited to take part in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial
Ghana’s first Cireo Nano 3 electric vehicle disclosed by Anointed Engineering Services
Anointed Engineering Services Limited has introduced the Cireo Nano 3 Electric Vehicle, marking a significant milestone in Ghana’s automobile industry as the first of its kind on the market.
Belgium intends to employ AI in its law enforcement and telecom strategies
Belgium’s new government, led by Prime Minister Bart De Wever, has announced plans to utilize AI tools in law enforcement, including facial recognition technology for detecting criminals.
At the World Economic Forum, the CEO of Telecel Ghana discusses AI and sustainability
Telecel Ghana’s CEO Patricia Obo-Nai has addressed a high-level gathering of CEO and global leaders at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for sustainability.
DeepSeek AI: Why US and Australia call it a security risk
DeepSeek, a chatbot developed by a Hangzhou-based startup, has rapidly emerged as a formidable competitor in the AI industry, long dominated by Western tech giants