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Plus, Report: AI spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) to hit $7.2 billion by the end of 2026

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Emerging markets have the greatest knowledge gaps and old style, old school, old hat approach. Gen AI will level up the comms expertise and knowledge transfer gaps.

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Pressmate is your AI assistant to make writing press releases easier! A small milestone for The Rundown team this week.

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Microsoft Elections Communications Hub worked with election authorities and campaigns. Here's what we learned.

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It breaks down the barriers between Web 2 and Web 3. It’s revolutionary, user-friendly and can catalyze mainstream adoption.

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The best statement of the week is from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, WTO Director-General: "Excuse me, NO!"

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Spotlight on Women in AI

Friday, June 14, 2024

Plus, our work on chatbot Wanja demonstrated quickly that the LLMs provided by Open AI are not up to scratch

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Each week, we bring you Embedded. This will be our news and interview series. We are working on the 10-part podcast season in the rundown.

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We are building a press release tool for communications teams to buy time, stay on point and make messages.

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Both the overall number of investment events involving AI and the number of AI businesses that received money recently fell.

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A big leap forward in ChatGPT-4o

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

It’s a strong foundational tool for developers. It’s twice as fast and half the price for developers.

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A conference on 'leading with AI', introducing the Cubies, awards for AI innovation that is human centered and ethical, and a cool new AI music production tool.

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Mr. 100 is stacking hard and perfectly timing the dip, and Jack Dorsey and Block released a Bitcoin blueprint for corporate balance sheets.I'm taking notes.

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Researchers have made a huge breakthrough in detecting AI-generated video content. Their system operates like a neural network that learns what is "normal" versus "unusual."

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Africa should not be thinking about whether or not to adopt AI. Why? We have the most young people. We have the biggest opportunity to actually take over the world.

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Building for an AI Future in Africa

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Over chicken and chips in Nairobi at my favorite outdoor BBQ joint, I met with Tomiwa Aladekomo the CEO of Big Cabal Media. Here's what that quick and tasty meal led to:.

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Event Alert: Building for an AI future in Africa. The Rundown Studio is excited about its first online event in partnership with Tech Cabal. Register now.

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"Do not walk down the street with your bag open and your wallet out.” This series is focused on your personal digital hygiene and practices.

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AI for Education in Africa

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Experts caution that the adoption of AI in African education needs careful consideration of cultural context, data representation, and inclusion.

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Hume has created a conversational partner who leads with emotional intelligence and empathy. 10 years of training—this is the result.

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Make sure that using yourself as an avatar does not impact your professional reputation or credibility. It’s innovative and can scale, but it could also be seen as a gimmick.

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Entrepreneurs are increasingly embracing generative AI tools to enhance their work and reduce costs.

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Plus we are creating toolkits for communication teams and journalists. We will make them more dynamic and provide useful frameworks to navigate AI and workflows.

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Is this an opportunity for media and comms teams, or is this a reckless casino trip we can do without?

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The newsroom of the future has to be versed in how to check the quality of information being shared and how to determine the degree of reliance on quality AI to augment decision-making.

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Do not trust an AI system to recruit talent on its own. Researchers have found LLMs are more likely to associate men with career-oriented words and women with family-oriented words.

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Number Go Up

Thursday, March 7, 2024

There are some lessons to share before you FOMO into crypto. I got burned, left for a while, and returned last year with a sober approach.

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The Rundown Toolkit Alert

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

We wanted to make it easier for you by sharing vetted tools by the Rundown team that we use frequently and recommend. Enjoy.

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On the Road With Cap Cut

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

We were able to subtitle quickly for social. We easily fixed the lighting and shadows. All of this was on our mobile phone. And on the move.

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One Small Step For The Rundown

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

I wanted to share this with you. Our modern media academy continues to get built. Pole Pole. Slowly, as we say in Swahili.

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Looking Under The Hood. For Real.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

It’s intimidating to me. And very uncomfortable. I remind myself that everything I have done has been about the small wins, the mindset, and teaching myself a new habit.

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As a Kenyan, data nationalism is something I am seriously thinking about. We are in the midst of a new type of colonialism in Africa, this time with our data and information at stake.

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Newsrooms and communications teams must consider creating their own search engines, which can be internally or externally facing. Start to understand what that means and how it works. The answer lies in RAG.

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My work is in the field of communications. A professional field where AI will transform (is transforming) this space super fast. Better, faster, and smarter tools will replace many of the tasks I do.

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It’s important that you are transparent about how the information you are submitting, publishing, or sharing was obtained. Have a tagline in mind so audiences are aware. Mine is: AI Sous-Chef.

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I love lists. I love checklists. Here are some of the teachers, tips, and tools I use. I hope you find it helpful.

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I've had to relearn prompts for Midjourney. Less Words. More chatty. More direct. The bottom line is that it's significantly better. These images super realistic.

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Bull Run, Crypto Outlook 2024

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Some key trends to be aware of in the crypto space and other thoughts on the future of BTC and my crypto life

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With the hype of Google's Gemini and most recently Mistral AI, I try to wade through the technical speak for non techies to understand what is MoE and why is Mistral making crazy buzz.

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The film was produced by Mirada Studios and TheRundown.Studio for COP28. The precision of algorithms and the creativity of humans. A good team.

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African NFT Artists Push On

Monday, December 4, 2023

I have not given up on NFT art. The people still in this space are serious. They are building. I am building. The Luka Press Club ! Somehow ...

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Image Prompting

Sunday, December 3, 2023

A good starting point for anyone who would like to learn about prompting text to image generation. I'll keep sharing what I learn with you.

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AI Art Tools I Use

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The creator in you is going to have some fun here. I did. Looking at the super cool AI text to image platforms out there and more.

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We believe the powerful story of Africa on the move should be told by Africans, and now by African- led data sets. We have created Wanja. She is your AI guide to understanding, covering and communicating about Africa.

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There are four areas where AI can thrive and even close the equity gap, according to Bill Gates. Farming, Patient care, Health Care Workers and Education.

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AI 'General Purpose' Tech

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Trend: the power of LLMs are a consumer tool and a developer tool

A Pioneer of Machine Learning, Andrew Ng believes that AI is the "new electricity." It's not useful for one thing only, he says. Electricity transformed the world 100 years ago, just like AI will do in this major transition.

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Chat GPT Personal Assistants and You

Monday, November 13, 2023

Have you tried the new Chat GPT Assistant. I built a few personal GPTs, had some fun and observed some pitfalls. Has a ways to go tbh.

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GPT Prompting

Sunday, November 12, 2023

The more detailed your prompting for ChatGPT the better your result. Here are some of the ones we use for GPT that work well.

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Some takeaways from the Africa Bloomberg Media Innovators event I attended in Cape Town. Great insights to consider if you're trying to navigate AI.

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Trust in God, But Lock Your Car

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Eyes wide open. The limitations of Artificial Intelligence that are crucial to know, and how you may be a target for poisoned data

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Future of Work in Newsrooms

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Invest in fact-checking, Understand AI opportunities and limitations and try new things to ensure data hygiene

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Making Large Language Models More Accurate

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is an artificial intelligence framework that retrieves data from external sources of knowledge to improve the quality of responses (source: techtarget)

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A New Type of Journalist

Friday, October 27, 2023

Journalists who use AI will replace journalists who do not. These new types of journalists will be faster at getting to new stories, more accurate, more balanced.

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Your Body, Your Language

Friday, October 27, 2023

Body language plays a significant role in connecting with people, and how we come across in public. How can you ensure you connect with people, in 3 seconds. That's all you've got.

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Is It Real or Fake?

Friday, October 27, 2023

What kind of technologies are being considered and tested in order to figure out what is real or not: pictures, voices, video. It's a jungle. Here's one idea being developed by Content Credentials.

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Be a Detective

Friday, October 20, 2023
Dealing with Digital Trickery

How can we know what's real and what's not? How can we make sure we're not fooled? Here are a few tips.

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The Luka Press Club envisions an NFT storytelling ecosystem where stories are democratized, stories are trusted, and storytellers are rewarded.

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How blockchain could be the key to authenticating content like video and photos and countering disinformation

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We may no longer simply report the news. We must analyze the information that we are using in order to say what has occurred factually.

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The Newsroom of the Future

Monday, October 16, 2023
The newsroom of the future will have no control over what information it receives

Newsrooms of the future will need to operate, in part, as an intelligence agency in order to manage the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence

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Data. Everywhere, All The Time

Monday, October 16, 2023
Practical insights on data and the trends you can apply to your communications game plan

The four key trends of data in the world today that you need to know as a communications expert or media company.

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Welcome to the Rundown

Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Young woman creating

Hi everyone. Welcome to the Rundown’s blog page. Here we’ll share why we are creating this media platform and our thoughts on the media industry trends as they are unfolding.

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