A report released at a conference in Kigali, Rwanda, warns that more women than men working in Africa's outsourcing sector may lose their jobs by 2030 due to artificial intelligence and automation. The report, which was presented by Caribou and Genesis Analytics in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, states that tasks performed by women are on average 10% more vulnerable to automation than those by men. Rwandan President Paul Kagame called for increased investments, innovation, and creativity to address this issue and reduce inequality in the sector's workforce.
https://apnews.com/article/rwanda-ai-summit-7b6a83e5592f78de9c0d38da97f9fbffXploraDEX has introduced AI-driven features that revolutionize trading on its platform. Traders can now leverage machine-learning algorithms to make high-probability buy and sell decisions in real-time, while predictive insights provide market outlooks and trend alerts. The platform also optimizes liquidity for the best pricing and minimal slippage at XRPL speeds. Additionally, AI-powered portfolio smart tools help users rebalance their portfolios, alert them to volatility shifts, and suggest yield-maximizing strategies.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/04/03/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/xploradex-is-quietly-becoming-the-biggest-defi-opportunity-on-the-xrp-blockchain-join-xpl-presale/20855261touch.io has developed a unified platform that integrates continuous data discovery, real-time access intelligence, AI-powered risk prioritization, and policy-driven orchestration to deliver unprecedented business value to organizations. The platform reduces security risks by up to 60%, accelerates compliance and audit readiness by 80%, and enhances operational efficiency by cutting response times by over 70%. CEO Ashish Gupta notes that the solution modernizes data protection with continuous risk discovery, orchestrated security actions, and contextual insights, helping organizations safeguard sensitive data while driving measurable business impact. The platform provides five critical capabilities: a multi-dimensional contextual data graph, continuous accurate discovery, comprehensive hybrid coverage, real-time access intelligence, AI-powered risk prioritization, and orchestration.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1touchio-unveils-next-generation-enterprise-dspm-platform-for-hybrid-multi-cloud-and-mainframe-environments-302418217.htmlAgiBot's new chief scientist, Luo Jianlan, a former Google engineer, is leading the company's advanced AI research effort in Shanghai. Luo, known for his expertise in AI and robotics, has joined AgiBot, co-founded by Peng Zhihui, to establish the Zhiyuan Embodied Intelligence Research Centre. He previously collaborated with Sergey Levine, co-founder of Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based AI start-up.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3304950/ex-google-engineer-joins-shanghai-robotics-start-take-lead-advanced-ai-research?module=top_story&pgtype=sectionConversational AI is expected to become increasingly multimodal, enabling it to process and respond to spatial awareness, tone, speech patterns, body language, and gestures with greater precision. This advancement has numerous potential use cases, such as enhanced customer service and integrating AI voice assistants into cars for navigation and driver fatigue monitoring.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/technical-capabilities-on-the-horizon-for-conversational-aiThe use of AI-generated movie trailers has raised concerns among industry professionals and unions, with SAG-AFTRA condemning it as a "race to the bottom." The practice, popularized by channels like Screen Culture, which churns out concept trailers on an assembly line using tools like Midjourney and ElevenLabs, blurs the line between fan-made content and professional marketing. Founder Nikhil P. Chaudhari's success in creating viral hits like Titanic 2: Jack's Back has led to studios allowing AI-generated trailers to proliferate, raising ethical questions about revenue collection from misleading content.
https://petapixel.com/2025/04/02/how-movie-studios-cash-in-on-fake-ai-movie-trailers-on-youtube/Alibaba Cloud has launched Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a multimodal AI model that can process inputs from text, images, audio, and video, generating real-time responses in text and natural speech. The compact model enables "agile, cost-effective AI agents" for mobile phones and laptops, according to the company.
https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/report-alibaba-to-release-upgraded-qwen-3-ai-model-in-late-april/Alibaba Group Holding is set to launch its next-generation Qwen series of large language models (LLMs), Qwen3, in April. The upgrade aims to strengthen Alibaba's position as a leader in open-source AI. The new model will include two versions: one with a mixture-of-experts approach and another optimized for mobile devices with 600 million parameters.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3304935/alibabas-qwen3-ai-model-coming-month-sources-say-bid-cement-industry-lead?module=top_story&pgtype=sectionAmazon's new AI-powered Alexa Plus is set to be rolled out to a limited number of Echo users, following its unveiling in February. The assistant comes with several features, including improved voice recognition and smart home control capabilities. However, it will require a monthly subscription fee, which may deter some users.
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