KSA AI
There have been significant investments in AI (especially Arabic LLMs) in KSA as Saudi Arabia attempts to position itself as a key tech hub. Google is opening an AI...
Arabic LLMs
The National, Google expects more Arabic LLMs to emerge as it launches $15m fund to help AI localisation, 1 Nov 2024 “Google expects more Arabic large language models to emerge in the...
African AI Issues
Given that there are so many AI issues concerning diverse African contexts, there is scope for a multi-country analysis. Here’s an introduction: Scott Nover, GZero, Will AI help or...
Discussion on Algorithms
I’ve started reading Yuval Noah Harari‘s Nexus, so I was interested in listening to this BBC Radio 4 ‘Start the Week’ programme, which incorporated critical perspectives of the book (among...
Arabic AI ++
Nada Hameed, How an AI-driven platform is bridging linguistic and cultural gaps in content creation, 26 Sep 2024 “But what truly sets STUCK? apart is its ability to handle...
Podcast on pagers
The use of AI to create a fictional podcast about the pager explosions (!) … While interested in the tech, I haven’t heard it yet.
Indonesia AI Model
This is an interesting development, and quite a challenge given the number of languages and dialects in Indonesia.
APIs for IDV Iran and Pakistan
Ghulam Shabir Arain, Biometric Update, APIs for IDV key to digital transformation in Pakistan and Iran22 Aug 2024. “Digital identity platforms Nishan Pakistan and Iran’s UID are both two...
AI Overviews Indonesia ++
Techcrunch, Google is bringing AI overviews to India, Brazil, Japan, UK, Indonesia and Mexico, 16 Aug 2024. “After bringing AI overviews to the U.S., Google is expanding the AI-powered search...