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The Download: Africa’s AI regulation push, and how to fight denge

Mar 15, 2024 - technologyreview.com
The African Union is preparing an ambitious AI policy to regulate the emerging technology, with potential economic benefits for Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa estimated at up to $136 billion by 2030. However, debates on when AI regulation is warranted and concerns about stifling innovation could pose a roadblock, while a lack of AI infrastructure could hold back the technology’s adoption. Meanwhile, Brazil is fighting a dengue crisis by essentially vaccinating mosquitoes against giving humans disease with help from the World Mosquito Program.

In other news, an American firm named Accuvant sold a powerful iPhone hacking tool to the United Arab Emirates in 2016, which was used against hundreds of targets in a vast campaign of surveillance and espionage. This sheds new light on the role played by American companies and mercenaries in the proliferation of powerful hacking capabilities around the world. Other tech news includes potential blockage of a forced sale of TikTok in China, vulnerabilities in AI chatbots, and struggles with internet connectivity in Africa due to faults in subsea cables.

Key takeaways:

  • The African Union is preparing an ambitious AI policy that envisions an Africa-centric path for the development and regulation of AI technology.
  • Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos, with help from the World Mosquito Program.
  • China is likely to block a forced sale of TikTok, preferring it to be banned in the US instead.
  • An American firm named Accuvant sold a powerful iPhone hacking tool to the United Arab Emirates in 2016, which was used for surveillance and espionage.
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