Decisions are expected to be reached on AI's real-world impact and how to take it forward together. The African continent has an important role to play, a Cameroonian AI specialist tells RFI.

Meta has removed over a dozen fraudulent, sexualized images of famous female actors and athletes after a CBS News investigation found a high prevalence of AI-manipulated deepfake images on the ...

Chinese AI company DeepSeek upended the global industry and wiped billions off US tech stocks when it unveiled its chatbot app, but two images shared online alongside claims they show the young ...

This disparity points to a persistent digital divide in Africa, one that could widen as AI becomes more pervasive. The evolution of AI could widen the existing digital divide in Africa and weaken ...

As African journalists, we cannot remain passive; we must actively participate in shaping AI’s role. Reuters research shows that 50 per cent of global media organizations use AI tools.

EqualyzAI, an African-centric AI startup, has launched an AI-powered platform designed to promote African languages through localised models and hyperlocal datasets. This was disclosed by one of ...

As the AI revolution transforms the digital world, millions of people on the African continent cannot tap its full promise because the languages they speak aren’t built into the large language models ...

Locally, the growth of AI-focused offerings hands African organisations a unique opportunity to leapfrog traditional challenges, thereby helping them to accelerate their digital transformation.

AI is also already being used in various sectors across Africa, including agriculture, healthcare, and education, to enhance productivity and efficiency. More recently, AI tools have progressed ...