Tag: AI


  • $1.5 Billion AI Startup Builder.ai Collapses—Here’s What Happened

    Builder.ai, once one of the AI industry’s fastest-rising startups with a $1.5 billion valuation, has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.—a collapse triggered by overstated sales and alleged fake revenue. On June 2, the UK-based company filed a Chapter 7 case in Delaware after creditors seized most of the funds in its bank accounts. It’s…

  • In Pictures: Gates Foundation Backs Nigeria with $7.5M for AI Scaling Hub

    To harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) for national development, the Federal Government of Nigeria, in partnership with the Gates Foundation, has inaugurated the Nigeria AI Scaling Hub. This initiative, unveiled during a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, June 3, comes with a funding commitment of up to $7.5 million over three years.…

  • Nigerian Tech Founder Launches AI Platform to Tackle Mass Exam Failures

    The newly released Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination results in Nigeria appear to give credence to the widely held belief that the standard of education in Africa’s most populous nation urgently needs revitalization. JAMB, an entrance examination conducted for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, recently released its results—and it was…

  • AI is Coming for the PR Industry: What Professionals Must Do

    It’s almost impossible, with the fast-paced and revolutionary nature of Artificial Intelligence, for any sector or industry to remain untouched by this transformative technology. Much has already been written about how AI is reshaping core sectors within the tech industry — software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, fintech, and big data. While the dominant conversation focuses…

  • Robots Will Surpass the World’s Best Surgeons in Five Years – Elon Musk

    Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has predicted that within the next five years, robots will be better than the best surgeons at performing surgical operations. The tech billionaire, who owns Neuralink — a company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) — made this claim on his X account while retweeting a post by Mario Nawfal.…

  • The Way You Use ChatGPT Can Tell How Old You Are

    Different age groups, according to Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI—creators of ChatGPT —are using generative artificial intelligence in distinctly different ways. Older generations, he said, have adopted the chatbot primarily as a search engine, often preferring it over Google. “Gross oversimplification, but like, older people use ChatGPT as a Google replacement,” Altman…

  • Google’s Medical Chatbot Outperforms Doctors in Diagnosing Health Images

    Google has unveiled an upgraded version of its experimental medical chatbot, the Articulate Medical Intelligence Explorer (AMIE), showcasing a significant leap in its diagnostic capabilities. This new iteration can now analyze smartphone photos of rashes and interpret a variety of medical imagery, including electrocardiograms and lab result PDFs, pushing the boundaries of AI in healthcare.…

  • How to Build an AI Agent: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

    Open AI, owners of popular chatbox, ChatGPT, released a 32-page document that detailed how to build an AI agents, and I am here to give you an over view on what you need to kickstart your journey. But first, what is AI agents? For starters, Ai agents aren’t just smart chatbots or automated scripts; they’re…

  • 7 Unexpected Careers AI Could Destroy — Musicians Top the List

    More than 1,000 AI experts were surveyed by the Pew Research Center, and they named the following jobs as those likely to be greatly impacted by AI in the next 20 years: Musicians: As the industry perfects its models for mimicking voices, 35 percent of AI experts believe there will be fewer jobs for musicians…

  • What To Know About Grok’s New Model That Reasons Without Searching the Web

    Elon Musk’s xAI is set to release Grok 3.5 to SuperGrok subscribers next week. Unlike traditional AI models, Grok 3.5 aims to generate answers through internal reasoning rather than pulling information directly from the internet. This innovative approach allows Grok 3.5 to handle complex topics like electrochemistry and rocket engineering with greater accuracy. By relying…