By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Illustrative image · RDNE Stock project · Pexels · Licence PexelsMajor Wall Street financial institutions are limiting the use of generative artificial intelligence to write their code because of compliance risks and vulnerabilities in core accounting systems. They are also concerned about employees using unauthorised AI tools, according to IOL.
Nigeria and the United Kingdom are strengthening cooperation on artificial intelligence governance, digital trade standards and cybersecurity. A workshop held in Abuja with the British Standards Institution brought together public officials and specialists to examine the use of international standards, according to the British High Commission.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Punch ·
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost more than $500 billion in market capitalisation after shares fell 13% on Wall Street. The sell-off came despite a 25% quarterly revenue increase, as investors feared the impact of AI-generated summaries on advertising, Bénin Web TV reports.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Bénin Web TV ·
Anthropic is launching tools enabling companies to measure the output, cost and results of teams using Claude Code, its artificial intelligence programming tool. The company also plans pooled budgets and says the data will not be used by default to train its models, TechCrunch reports.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: TechCrunch ·
Young African artificial intelligence talents have been selected following a creativity competition organised as part of the 70th anniversary of relations between China and Africa. The initiative showcases a new generation of innovators from the continent, according to Téla Nón.
🇨🇳 China · Source: Téla Nón ·
Trappes racist shooting: suspect charged with terrorist murderKévin Tessier, suspected of the racist shooting on 23 October in Trappes and La Verrière, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office has requested that he be remanded in custody, BFMTV reports, adding that the attack left one person dead and four seriously injured.
Airtel Malawi invests 22.6 million kwacha in digital trainingAirtel Malawi is allocating 22.6 million kwacha to digital learning and cybersecurity, including 10 million for the national conference dedicated to the field. Twenty students from five universities will also receive 4G routers and a year of unlimited internet access, after being selected by Malawi’s telecommunications authority, according to the company.The week in Africa
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