China Tries Building Great Wall Around AI Tech

Chinese technology company DeepSeek is reportedly now developing its own artificial intelligence chip amid the technological arms race. DeepSeek’s chip is being crafted for inference, which refers to the phase of AI in which trained models generate replies to users’ questions, rather than for creating new models, Reuters first reported Tuesday, citing three anonymous sources. The…

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Top stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Wednesday July 8

Top stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Wednesday July 8

Here are the top stories from across the country 1. Tinubu directs ICPC to investigate alleged fake PFIPC, orders report within 30 days President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to launch a full-scale investigation into the activities of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC),…

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Afreximbank Backs Kano-Maradi Rail, Commits bn To Cotton Industry

Afreximbank Backs Kano-Maradi Rail, Commits $2bn To Cotton Industry

[mc4wp_form id=33047] President Bola Tinubu has been briefed on the African Export-Import Bank’s investment in the Kano-Maradi railway project as part of broader efforts to strengthen regional trade and industrialisation across West Africa. The disclosure was made during a meeting between President Tinubu and a delegation of Afreximbank led by its President and Chairman of…

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Censorship-Pushing Federal Agency Teams Up With Tech Company Trump Feuded With

A U.S. government agency is Anthropic’s Mythos to audit government software despite the Trump administration’s recent feud with the artificial intelligence company. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Mythos to scan code in government systems that may be leaving doors open for foreign spies and cybercriminals, according to Reuters who cited three…

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