NITDA has concluded a summer bootcamp in Lagos, training 200 young Nigerians in Artificial Intelligence, IoT, robotics, and coding to bolster the digital talent pipeline.
Microsoft has introduced a draft code of conduct for its AI models, setting "absolute constraints" to prevent the generation of offensive cyberattack tools.
Cyber espionage and criminal groups are increasingly targeting proprietary AI models, source code, and API credentials to fuel automated attacks and unauthorised AI workloads.
A threat actor cell in northern Yemen has used Anthropic’s Claude AI models to develop guidance, navigation, and control software for various missile programmes.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a reduction in the speed of AI development to allow for critical safety safeguards as models demonstrate increasing autonomy.