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Substack joins several platforms that are leaning toward labeling AI content as such, especially now that AI is playing a greater role in the creation process.

As demand for AI and digital skills continues to rise across Africa, Codar has secured a $1.5 million funding round to accelerate its growth and broaden access to technology education.

The newly created RX, or Robotics eXperience, will consolidate Samsung’s robotics capabilities and is intended to drive a mid- to long-term strategy from core tech development to commercialization

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and actor Idris Elba are teaming up to fund artificial intelligence access for African creators, a roughly $1 million commitment aimed at helping the continent’s filmmakers, writers and artists

General Intuition, the New York-based startup building a foundation model that trains AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise around $300 million

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has predicted that artificial intelligence will lead to labour shortages rather than the mass replacement of human workers, according to a report by Reuters.

Theker is designed for that messier reality. Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker’s machines are built to be reconfigured.

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According to a 2026 report from Intuit and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, 89% of small businesses are using AI tools to automate tasks and improve efficiency.

Nvidia continues to be a major investor in the AI ecosystem, committing more than $40 billion to equity investments in AI companies — and that’s just in these early months of 2026, according to CNBC.