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Analysis: Data Centers Raise Concerns for Energy-Burdened Households in the Philippines
A surge in data center construction is straining the Philippines’ fragile power grid, raising fears of higher electricity costs and deepening reliance on coal.
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Why India’s Digital Public Infrastructure Will Democratize AI Usage
India isn’t trying to beat Silicon Valley at its own game. Instead, they’re treating AI infrastructure as Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): shared, government-controlled systems that provide foundational services.
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Heritable Agriculture Secures $5 Million Grant for AI-Driven Crop Resilience in Africa
AI and “Omics” Power New Gates Foundation-funded Initiative to Develop Climate-Resilient Crops for Smallholder Farmers Globally.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Malaysia and Indonesia Become the First Countries to Block Musk’s Grok over Sexualized AI images
There is growing scrutiny of generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text, and concern that existing safeguards are failing to prevent their abuse.
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- South Asia
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AI-Driven Cyberattacks Set to Target Mexico’s Critical Industries
Criminal organizations now utilize advanced models to automate the identification and exploitation of system weaknesses at speeds that exceed human defensive capabilities.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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Gates Foundation and OpenAI Launch $50 Million AI Health Program in Africa
Rwanda has emerged as the initial testing ground for the Horizon1000 initiative due to its severe health care worker shortage and the government’s proactive embrace of technology solutions.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Energy Transition Technologies Set to Open New Opportunities for Global Energy Systems
New IRENA report maps 40 innovations for policymakers to strategically build resilient power systems, expand energy access and drive local development.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Mal Closes Record $230 Million Seed Round to Build World’s First AI-Native Islamic Digital Bank
This will be the world's first AI-native Islamic financial platform targeting the world’s 2 billion Muslim population and other underbanked communities.
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- Finance, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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