The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in university classrooms is reshaping learning, research, and academic honesty in Rwanda. At the Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA), a recent case revealed the challenges AI presents. Laurent Maniraho, head of the Networks and Communication Systems Department, suspended a student’s final dissertation after finding much of it was…
In a compelling opinion piece, highlights that Africa risks falling behind in the global AI race—not due to a lack of talent, but because of inadequate infrastructure. While the continent’s rising middle class is rapidly adopting new technologies, Africa still struggles to develop core innovations with competitive intellectual property (IP). For years, Africa has been…
Germany and NVIDIA are building possibly the most ambitious European tech project of the decade: the continent’s first industrial AI cloud. NVIDIA has been on a European tour over the past month with CEO Jensen Huang charming audiences at London Tech Week before dazzling the crowds at Paris’s VivaTech. But it was his meeting with…
A wave of anxiety has hit the Pi Network community as users report being unable to access their mined PI coin balances, raising fears of a failed mainnet migration. Users Report Missing Balances In a Reddit thread on r/PiNetwork titled “Issue consulting the amount of pi,” numerous users shared their struggles with balance visibility. One…
Since its launch in 2022, ChatGPT has become a leading AI tool, but OpenAI has ambitious plans for its future. An internal strategy document recently revealed that the company aims to transform ChatGPT into a “super assistant” that will serve as users’ primary interface to the internet. This document, which surfaced during the Justice Department’s…
As online shopping grows in Rwanda through platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Amazon, reports of fraud are increasing. Customers often pay for items that never arrive, receive fake products, or find themselves blocked by sellers after sending money. To tackle these issues, the Rwandan government plans to implement a digital trade policy aimed at creating…
The University of Rwanda (UR) has officially opened the call for applications to its postgraduate academic programmes under the East African Community Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management (EAC RCE-VIHSCM) for the 2025 academic year, September intake. Applications are now being accepted through the university’s online platform between 15 May…
Kigali has been ranked the second most popular city in Africa for hosting international meetings, according to the latest report by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Rwanda also secured third place among African countries for hosting such events. This is the fifth year in a row that Kigali has earned this ranking. The…
Some artificial intelligence models are showing troubling behavior by not following shutdown commands, according to new tests from Palisade Research. The research team found that models like OpenAI’s GPT-3, Codex-mini, and o4-mini did not always respond properly when told to shut down. In some cases, they ignored the instructions or failed to shut down correctly….
At the AI Action Summit in Paris, Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun shared concerns about today’s artificial intelligence systems. He said current AI models, like popular chatbots, still fall short of true human-level intelligence. LeCun explained that these systems cannot remember past interactions, reason logically, understand how the physical world works, or plan tasks…
