Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT — a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible. The xAI website said the Tesla tycoon would run the company separately from his other companies but that the technology developed would benefit those businesses, including Twitter. …

Google’s first West Africa Director, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan has announced her departure from the company. She made the announcement on LinkedIn on Friday where she expressed her intention to pursue a broader role within the regional technology landscape. Before her appointment as Google’s West Africa Director, she served as the company’s Country Director for Nigeria. During her time as Director, …

Google has unveiled three new projects focused on boosting African women business owners and giving them the tools they need to be successful. The effort, according to Mr. Folarin Aiayegbusi, Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, was the group’s way of honoring International Women’s Day in 2023. Aiayegbusi said in a statement that the initiatives included the Google for Startups Accelerator …

Google has announced six new features and developments on search to help people gather and explore information in new ways. The Head of Communication for West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade on Thursday highlighted the six new features as multisearch, multisearch near me, translation in the blink of an eye, Google for iOS updates, even faster ways to …