Google’s staff in UK vote to unionise over military AI deals, to block US and Israeli armies from the technology
In a letter addressed to Google’s Managing Director for the UK and Ireland Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives for DeepMind employees.
Dr AI? Should artificial intelligence replace qualified doctors after high scores in trials?
A study published in early April by researchers at Germany’s Marburg University and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg found that in a standardised knowledge test on acute kidney injury (AKI), several large language models (LLMs) outperformed the medical professionals who took part in the assessment.
Why African universities are ‘centres of docility’ that produce ‘educated fools’ capable only of citing narrow theories
I explain my deliberate rejection of the popular but deceitful banner of ‘multidisciplinarity,’ and lay out my vision for a new ecosystem of higher education institutions: the interversity, crossversity, transversity and extraversity.
Dominant Chinese Artificial Intelligence firms rake in huge profits in niche markets
China’s vast domestic market provides fertile ground for AI adoption. Tech giants like Alibaba have begun integrating agentic AI, linking it with their existing digital infrastructure – spanning payments, logistics, and cloud services – to convert algorithms into revenue.
Google launches Gemini 3 AI for Kenya that demonstrates PhD-level reasoning
Beyond benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro brings a new quality to every interaction. Its responses are designed to be smart and direct, trading cliché for genuine insight to act as a true thought partner.
Kenya embraces artificial intelligence in defence and military despite inherent risks
National Defence University-Kenya Deputy Vice Chancellor, Centre for Security and Strategic Studies, Maj-Gen Joyce Sitienei, stated that Africa must be an ‘active architect’ in developing ethical frameworks for military AI.
Kenyan chief justice reveals plans to adopt AI in case management and judiciary operations
Commenting on the security of digital infrastructure, the CJ, however, decried the high cost of safeguarding digital systems from cyber threats that can compromise systems adding that the Judiciary is investing in robust cybersecurity measures to stay ahead of the risks.
