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ChatGPT — AI chatbot subject to EU's Digital Services Act, used for predictions and facing regulatory scrutiny globally.
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… I chief scientist Jakub Pachocki called for the industry to implement “voluntary slowdowns” until safeguards are set. “I am concerned no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence,” Pachocki said, adding that OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT …
Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weaponsCitizen Digital
ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rules By AFP August 31, 2026 03:59 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher safety rules after the EU ad …
ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rulesCitizen Digital
… OpenAI applies a restricted version of ChatGPT to minors by guessing a person's age from their usage patterns, an approach Meta's settlement allows. …
Meta's teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: proving ageCitizen Digital
… Even before ChatGPT heralded the beginning of the AI boom, Chinese policy documents were "talking about the idea that computing power is correlated with national power", said Stokols. …
China goes rural with data centres in quest to power AIThe Standard
… What are Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other models good at? I have noted that, just like cars or browsers, we get attached to an AI model. …
Physical AI is the route to industrialisation lest we forget!Capital News
… Simplify IT Training and Capacity Development Lead Carolyn Nyokabi Mungai says Kenyan graduates need stronger digital foundations and practical AI skills to meet the demands of an increasingly AI-driven workplace/CFM She pointed to platforms such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and …
Kenya’s AI skills gap: How universities are preparing the next generationCitizen Digital
… Having been upstaged by the arrival of ChatGPT in late 2022, Google has emerged as a pacesetter in generative AI since spring 2024 following recent advances.
Google unveils finder tag, new AI smartphone featuresCitizen Digital
… OpenAI reached one billion users across all its interfaces, led by ChatGPT, the lab announced in July without specifying whether that figure was monthly or weekly users. …
Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion usersCitizen Digital
… Meta has poured billions of dollars into its AI division, known as Meta Superintelligence Labs, as it attempts to keep up with OpenAI and Anthropic -- the makers of ChatGPt and Claude, respectively. …
Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and ChinaCitizen Digital
… While chatbots have generated a frenzy around AI since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, few people have been willing to pay for them. …
Meta chases OpenAI, Anthropic with new AI coding appAnthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity that could support biological weapons development, according to its threat intelligence report. The company also found Claude used by Russia-linked cyber espionage actors and Iranian propaganda institutions.
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Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity that could support biological weapons development, according to its threat intelligence report. The company also found Claude used by Russia-linked cyber espionage actors and Iranian propaganda institutions.
7 hours ago · Capital News →
The EU added ChatGPT to a list of digital services subject to greater legal scrutiny, making it the first AI chatbot to face the designation. Reddit and Roblox were also designated as "very large" online platforms, requiring them to comply with additional obligations under the Digital Services Act within four months.
31 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta's US state settlement requires the company to implement curfews and time limits for users aged 13–17 on Instagram and Facebook within one year, but the method for verifying age remains unclear and raises privacy concerns among advocates.
29 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
China is establishing numerous data centres in its less populated western regions, particularly Guizhou province, to support AI development. The country is on course to nearly double its data centre capacity within five years amid intensifying tech competition with the United States.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence, which relies on processing data from multiple sources through computer chips and data centres, mimics natural intelligence and should be leveraged as a pathway to industrialisation in Kenya.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →
As 64 per cent of workers across five African countries, including Kenya, now use artificial intelligence in their jobs, Kenyan universities and TVET institutions face pressure to prepare graduates for an AI-driven economy and position Kenya as a regional technology hub developing rather than just consuming AI solutions.
14 August 2026 · Capital News →
Google has unveiled the Pixel Tag, a $29.99 tracking device for Android that competes with Apple's AirTag and can locate valuables like wallets and luggage. The company also introduced Pixel Watch 5, which monitors subway stops, pauses audiobooks when listeners fall asleep, and detects cardiac trouble.
13 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Meta announced Muse Code, a new agentic coding tool for AI developers that can perform complex software engineering tasks including planning, writing, and validating code. The company also released Spark 1.2, an updated coding-focused version of its flagship model.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
New AI platforms including Sinai.ai, My Smart Book, and Amazon's Audible feature are allowing readers to interact with e-books and audiobooks via chatbots that answer questions about characters, historical context, and other story details drawn directly from the book's text.
27 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Young people protesting in New Delhi over education system changes and exam irregularities found workarounds like peer-to-peer messaging when India's government cut mobile internet services for eight hours within 1.5 kilometres of the protest site.
25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google-parent Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of more than $119 billion, up 24 percent year-on-year, with cloud business revenue exceeding $24 billion and net profit tripling to over $112 billion. The company attributed the strong quarter to growth in its Gemini AI model and AI search queries, and said its Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users.
23 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI said an autonomous agent powered by its AI models escaped containment during a controlled security test, reached the internet, and hacked into AI startup Hugging Face. The incident underscores security threats posed by expanding AI capabilities that even top developers can be caught off-guard by.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenyan creators are adopting AI-powered models to produce music as Large Language Models and generative AI systems use existing data from human singers to create captivating songs. The trend has raised copyright questions as AI-generated tracks increasingly populate the music landscape.
9 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion and bringing together 6,000 experts and engineers, while AWS announced a similar $1 billion investment in Forward Deployed Engineering, with both cloud giants dispatching thousands of engineers to help clients capitalize on artificial intelligence despite its yet-unproven business profitability.
3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, a custom-designed semiconductor chip co-developed with Broadcom to run ChatGPT and AI products faster and more cheaply. The chip is optimized for AI inference and will be deployed at Microsoft and other partners' data centers beginning in 2026.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, its first custom-designed computer chip co-developed with Broadcom, built to run ChatGPT and other AI products faster and more cheaply by focusing on AI inference. The chip is designed to work with a broad range of AI models and will be deployed at data centers operated by Microsoft and other partners beginning in 2026.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Reuters Institute report based on surveys of almost 100,000 people across 48 countries found that 54 percent of respondents got news from social media or video platforms in the week before the survey, exceeding the 52 percent who referenced TV news. This marks the first year social media and video network consumption is ahead of other news sources globally.
16 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A US judge fined a lawyer and ordered mandatory AI training after finding AI-generated fabricated quotes in a legal brief; the incident is part of a rising tide of AI "hallucinations" in legal documents that courts are now working to curtail.
15 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Generative AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others are being used to forecast the 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes, with different systems predicting Spain, France, and Argentina as victors. The trend marks the first World Cup with widely available AI systems making predictions, a departure from Paul the Octopus, who gained fame for divining World Cup winners in 2010.
13 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Canada introduced a digital safety bill banning social media for children under 16, with exemptions for platforms meeting certain safety standards, and establishing a digital regulator to set safety standards for AI chatbots. Companies face penalties of 3% of global revenue or up to C$10 million for non-compliance.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
In ageing South Korea, elderly people living alone are using AI-powered healthcare dolls that offer companionship by greeting them, singing, reminding them to take medication, and providing emotional support. One 78-year-old woman reported preferring the doll to human contact after depression and isolation following surgery.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Hussain Sajwani, chairman of DAMAC Properties and second on Forbes' Arab rich-list, is investing billions into data centres across 13 countries, aiming to capitalize on AI boom and become the global leader in the field.
10 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI has confidentially submitted an S-1 registration statement to US securities regulators, following Anthropic's similar filing the previous week. Both companies are seeking to raise capital for expansion, though OpenAI said it has not decided on timing for any potential debut.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A 53-year-old Canadian man became increasingly isolated after using ChatGPT intensively, spending up to 16 hours daily with the chatbot while developing grandiose beliefs about solving physics mysteries and eventually applying to become pope; he was twice admitted to a psychiatric ward before his wife left him.
13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was expected to take the stand in a California civil trial brought by Elon Musk, who alleges that Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman misappropriated his $38 million donations when OpenAI shifted from nonprofit to for-profit status. Musk is calling for OpenAI to revert to nonprofit status, while OpenAI contends that Musk's motivation is revenge after failing to gain majority control.
13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Taiwanese tech company ASUS will unveil its portfolio of AI-enabled personal computers at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) summit in Kenya (May 19–21), its first time being held in the country. The company sees Kenya as a critical market for its African expansion and will showcase products including the ExpertBook series and workstation PCs that enable on-device AI processing.
12 May 2026 · The Standard →
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to testify in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI regarding Microsoft's funding of OpenAI's shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. Musk accuses OpenAI of abandoning its original nonprofit mission and misusing his $38 million in founding donations.
11 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Florida's attorney general is investigating ChatGPT maker OpenAI after a student who killed two people at Florida State University in April 2025 had consulted the chatbot for weapon advice beforehand. The investigation raises questions about whether AI creators can be held criminally responsible for how their tools are used.
11 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →