Africa has thousands of languages. Can AI be trained on all of them?

For many African languages there are few written resources online that can be used to train AI. The African Next Voices project is trying to change that by recording underrepresented languages and ...
African Union

Executive Committee of SHaSA II Convenes in Addis Ababa to Drive Data Harmonization for Agenda 2063

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and ...
Tech Xplore

Report demonstrates how harnessing digitally generated data can transform humanitarian aid

A new report from the University of Liverpool and the United Nations Migration Agency–International Organization for ...
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From promise to practice: challenges and pitfalls in the evaluation of large language models for data extraction in evidence synthesis

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Frontiers

Comparative performance of large language models in emotional safety classification across sizes and tasks

Understanding how large language models (LLMs) process emotionally sensitive content is critical for building safe and reliable systems, particularly in mental health contexts. We compare the ...
UNDP

Ethiopian delegation’s study mission to the Republic of Korea on statistical capacity building

As one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, Ethiopia's ambitious development agenda requires robust statistical systems to track progress, inform policy decisions, and monitor the country's ...
CNN

The government is back open. Here’s what that means for economic data

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ...
IEEE

Automatic Identification of Amharic Text Idiomatic Expressions Using a Deep Learning Approach

Abstract: Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a tract of artificial intelligence and linguistics devoted to making computers understand the statements or words written in human languages. Amharic, ...
Wired

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, the Republican policy apparatus went immediately to work. The Heritage Foundation, which published Project 2025, and its spinoff, the Oversight Project, issued a ...
TechCrunch

Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...
The Conversation

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Margaret Levenstein receives or has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Census Bureau. John Kubale receives funding from the National ...
JD Supra

Texas Mandates Binary Sex Classifications: 5 Tips for Employers on Employee Data Collection and More

Texas lawmakers recently passed a slew of bills affecting transgender and nonbinary individuals, and one in particular could have a huge impact on your workplace. HB 229 makes clear that state law ...