AI-360

Nigeria drafting National AI Strategy with public input. Lacks comprehensive data protection law. Faces challenges in ethical AI implementation and human rights.

UK's AI strategy aims for leadership. Distributed regulation model. Public sector transparency standards. Facial recognition faces legal challenges. Active in global AI governance.

South Africa lacks dedicated AI strategy but addresses it in 4IR plans. The country leads regional efforts, emphasising ethics and human-centric approach.

According to X.AI, Grok-1.5V outperforms its peers on a variety of tasks, including the newly introduced RealWorldQA benchmark.

DocuSign announced Intelligent Agreement Management as a new SaaS category on 11 April 2024.

Germany balances AI innovation with ethics, advocating for responsible development through national strategies, ethical guidelines, and international cooperation efforts.

Novidea secured an additional US$30 million from HarbourVest Partners, taking its Series C to about US$80 million, the company said on 9 April 2024. Total funding reached about US$120 million.

Entrust completed its acquisition of Onfido, combining digital identity verification with Entrust's broader security portfolio.

The recent Community Forum on Generative AI, designed by Stanford's Deliberative Democracy Lab and BIT, focused on two overarching questions: 1. What types of principles should be reflected in generative AI chatbots? 2. How should these chatbots interact with people and provide guidance and advice?

Long context LLMs vulnerable to "many-shot jailbreaking." Faux dialogues override safety training. Mitigation efforts ongoing but challenging.

As the debate over AI and creator rights intensifies, the UK government faces mounting pressure to strike a balance between fostering innovation and protecting the livelihoods of the creative sector.

The collaboration between Oracle and NVIDIA aims to provide customers with the flexibility and security they need to control their own destiny in an era driven by generative AI.

Honey Badger launched Pre-KYC to flag risky applicants with alternative data before document-heavy KYC steps.

Draftwise raised a US$20 million Series A led by Index Ventures, the company said on 14 March 2024. Y Combinator and Earlybird Digital East participated.

The collaboration aims to operationalise responsible AI principles to improve the quality, safety, and trustworthiness of AI in healthcare.