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 ...
International Monetary Fund

IMF Reaches Staff Level Agreement on the Fourth Review of the Extended Credit Facility for Ethiopia

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mr. Alvaro Piris, visited Addis Ababa from October 30 – ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
MPR News

Census language data provides look into Minnesota's diversity

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Well, every year, the American Community Survey, a survey affiliated with the US Census Bureau, asks people across the country to share what ...
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 ...
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Ethiopian Statistical Service Embarks on Major Reform to Modernize Structure, Data Systems

Addis Ababa, August 11, 2025 (ENA)— The Ethiopian Statistical Service announced that it is entering a new era of progress, driven by a comprehensive reform aimed at modernizing its organizational ...