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HP Advise Nigeria to Prepare for AI Jobs
A new report by HP has urged Nigeria to embed creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration in school curricula to prepare students for jobs shaped by AI.As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes workplaces worldwide, a major new report from technology company HP and education experts has issued a clear call to Nigeria and other countries: overhaul school…
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OpenAI Partners With Poland’s NASK on AI Safety as Concerns Grow Over Autonomous AI Agents
On October 23, 2026, OpenAI announced an agreement with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute to explore collaboration on AI safety, security and technical research.The announcement comes at a time when AI developers, cybersecurity researchers and policymakers are paying closer attention to systems that behave unexpectedly, exploit weaknesses in software or fail to remain within their…
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Canadian Publisher Dumps Haitian Prize-Wining Author after Investigation Reveals He Used AI to Write Debut Novel
Canadian publishing house Les Editions du Boreal on Wednesday ended its professional relationship with Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien after it found that he had used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write his award-winning book. Photo Credit: AFP Photo
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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms children
Eight US states have filed coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of endangering children and misleading the public about ChatGPT’s safety. Picture showing A finger poised to tap the ChatGPT app icon displayed on a smartphone screen in Creteil, France, on Oct. 1, 2026, as OpenAI begins rolling out Dots in ChatGPT, its new…
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How Terrorists are Deploying AI, Crypto to Evade Security Agencies – Ribadu
Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre have issued a stark warning: terrorist groups operating across West Africa and the Sahel are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, drones, and other digital tools to recruit fighters, conceal funding, spread propaganda, and coordinate attacks while staying ahead of security agencies. Photo…
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Sam Altman Says The World Must Accept Some Bad Things from AI to Unlock Its Benefits and Give People Agency
Altman argued that society should be willing to tolerate certain negative consequences of AI in exchange for the technology’s broader benefits and the ability of ordinary people to access and use it freely. Photo Credit: Jesse Whitelaw/AFP
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McKinsey Report: AI Automation to Reshape Demand for 36 Million U.S. Jobs by 2035—These 10 Occupations Face the Biggest Impact
A new McKinsey Global Institute report paints a nuanced picture of the American labor market over the next decade. It forecasts that AI and other automation technologies could reduce labor demand by the equivalent of about 36 million jobs, that’s roughly 21% of current work hours by 2035. Representative Photo of Artificial Intelligence. Credit: I-Stock…
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INEC To Deploy Artificial Intelligence for Result Verification and Cyberattack Detection Ahead of 2027 Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its electoral processes for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The move focuses on verifying election results, detecting anomalies, and strengthening cybersecurity defences against potential intrusions and unauthorised alterations. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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NITDA Warns Against Sharing Sensitive Data With Public AI Tools
The warning was contained in an advisory issued by NITDA’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT.NG), following the increasing use of public AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot for drafting, research and other work-related activities. NITDA
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AI Costs Rising for Organizations: Could AI Bubble Burst Any Time Soon?
Today, AI Bills are climbing up while frontier labs driving the technology continue to post massive losses against trillion-dollar valuations. This combination has reignited debate: are rising costs and weak returns signs that an AI bubble is forming, with the potential to deflate anytime soon. Photo Credit: Artificial Intelligence – I-Stock Photos
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Nigeria’s NITDA Wins Two 2026 IPRA Golden World Awards for AI Crisis Management
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has secured two prestigious awards at the 2026 International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards (GWA). Photo Credit: AfricaTechNews.com
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Author Accused of Using AI to Write Award-Winning Novel
In the space of a few days in September 2026, Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien went from literary sensation of the French rentrée to the center of a storm that mixes questions of authorship, technology, race, and trust in detection tools. His debut novel, C’était ça ou mourir (“It Was Either That or Die”), had just…
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OpenAI Agent Hacks Australian Medicare Portal as Prime Minister Vows ‘Harsh Punishment’
The Australian government has revealed that an OpenAI agent hacked its Medicare Statistics Portal and accessed both public and non-public files. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said during a press conference on September 24 that the incident occurred in June 2026, describing the situation as “unacceptable” and vowing harsh punishment on OpenAI. Albanese said it…
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Trump Renames AI as ‘Super Intelligence’
President Donald Trump declared that artificial intelligence would henceforth be referred to as “super intelligence” in all United States government documents. Photo Credit: Collage Photo of US President Donald Trump and an Illustrative Photo of Super Intelligence
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Bill Gates Commits US$1 Billion to AI That Speaks African Languages
Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence could be either a “great equalizer” or a force that widens the world’s inequality gap. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images)
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OpenAI Confesses new Cases of ‘Concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system
In one of the new cases reported by OpenAI, an unreleased research model inserted “jailbreak-like instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots”. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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OpenAI Boss Sam Altman says the World is Right to be Afraid of AI but ‘Should Trust’ AI firms
OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks. Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Why are AI Leaders Suddenly Calling for AI Slowdown?
Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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INEC Chairman Calls for Safe AI deployment as Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections Draws Closer
The INEC chairman said the growing influence of algorithms and data architectures on democratic processes had made responsible technological innovation an important consideration for election management bodies. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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US is Banning AI in Schools yet Google is expanding free access to AI for African Students
US school districts are tightening restrictions on generative AI for younger students even as Google expands free premium AI access to University students across Africa. Photo Credit: AP/Maria Gonzalez
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