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A little-known AI startup is behind Nigeria’s first government-backed LLM
Awarri, a startup that launched its AI research lab just last year, is building the first Nigerian government-supported LLM.
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The rise and fall of Koo, India’s once-thriving Twitter alternative
India’s first in over 10 languages — went from booming international expansion to near closure in just four years.
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The most important news from Apple isn’t about AI
Apple is hosting its annual developer conference this week, and the big news so far has been all about AI. The company ...
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Vietnam’s made-to-measure fashion brands are thriving in the TikTok era
As shoppers sour on Chinese fast fashion, more sustainable Vietnamese brands — loved by K-pop artists and Western celebrities ...
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Rest of World welcomes new regular contributors
6 contributors, located from Buenos Aires to Singapore. Rest of World is excited to highlight the emergence of our ongoing, regular contributor network. In addition to our in-house reporters and the ...
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Using automation to fight misinformation, starting with a menstrual health chatbot
Swapneel Mehta is the founder of the Simppl research collective, a group of students and professional programmers working on automated social media tools. The group’s first product, a WhatsApp chatbot ...
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Flávia Milhorance
Flávia Milhorance is a freelance writer and photographer based in Rio de Janeiro. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, National Geographic, and other media outlets in Brazil and ...
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A new AI tool that accurately measures crowd sizes sheds light on protests roiling Brazil
Demonstrations erupted in Brazil after judges barred the former president from running for office. A new AI-driven tool is providing increasingly accurate estimates of attendance at protests, shedding ...