Two Chinese tech powerhouses have combined to stake their country’s claim to Africa’s AI industry.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Oct 28 2025
WALMART SIGNS WITH CHATGPT
Walmart has become the latest retailer to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT without leaving the app.
AI’S VOICE NOW SOUNDS ALL TOO HUMAN
On July 9, a woman sent $15,000 to someone she thought was her daughter, who was on the phone crying that she’d been in an accident and needed the money to stay out of jail.
AN AI BECAME SELF-REFLECTIVE AND IMPROVED ITS PERFORMANCE
A coalition of AI scientists has trained an AI by Mistral, a French developer, to think before it speaks. Taking that pause has improved the AI’s ability to use common sense and doubled its score on a math test.
WHY CHATBOTS GUZZLE SO MUCH ENERGY
The rush to build electricity-sucking AI data centers has overwhelmed the energy industry, as we reported in articles including “AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Electricity” (16 Jul 2024) and “By 2030, AI Will Need More Electricity Than Japan, IEA Says” (6 May 2025).




