Shocking Deception: Exploring The Technology Behind Deepfake
Deepfakes, a form of synthetic media is the artificial production, manipulation, or modification of images, video, and audio using artificial intelligence. Nowadays the technology is used to create fake persona’s with malicious intentions to deceive the public. Deep Learning (ML) Software Deep learning software a form of artificial intelligence is
Read moreTraction raises $6M seed as Nigeria’s merchant acquiring space continues to heat up
Micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) constitute the backbone of the Nigerian economy, accounting for more than 60% of GDP growth and playing a crucial role in job creation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, there are over 39 million such firms, and 87% operate informally, meaning they primarily
Read moreHashtag Trending Aug.1- Will AI hit higher paying jobs first?; FraudGPT, the newest tool for cybercriminals; Twitter removes brightly lit X logo placed on its headquarters
Will AI hit higher paying jobs first? We might not be as eager to get humanoid robots as you might think. First there was WormGPT, now there’s FraudGPT. And finally something we call the X-Files – The Musk is out there. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to have a
Read moreInfra Impact Launches Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1
Infra Impact Investment Managers (“Infra Impact”), a South African private markets investment firm, is thrilled to announce the launch of the Infra Impact Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1 (“the Fund”). This milestone marks a significant moment for Infra Impact as the Fund continues to provide growth capital for mid-market infrastructure businesses
Read moreReddit updates its site design for logged-out users
Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions. The company said in a blog post on Monday that people are coming to the Reddit website from different search
Read moreNATO announces $1B fund to back startups supporting ‘safety, freedom and human empowerment’
After announcing plans nearly two years ago, defense alliance NATO has officially closed its first fund to back startups that are building technology strategic to NATO’s own goals in defense and security. Member nations are collectively committing capital totalling €1 billion (around $1 billion at current rates) to the NATO
Read moreOla’s Aggarwal sets eyes on AI, semiconductor design
Indian entrepreneur Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of ride-hailing firm Ola and electric vehicle startup Ola Electric, is venturing into fresh terrain as he navigates his businesses towards initial public offerings. He has set up an AI startup that seeks to develop a large language model and is currently scouting two U.S.-headquartered
Read moreRapyd acquires a piece of PayU from Prosus for $610M to scale its fintech-as-a-service platform
Rapyd, the fintech-as-a-service startup that provides APIs to enable payments, card issuing, digital wallet and other financial services to companies like Uber and Ikea, is taking a significant step forward in its growth with a big acquisition: it is paying $610 million to acquire a giant piece of PayU —
Read moreNigeria’s Remedial Health gets QED backing in $12M round
Remedial Health, a Nigerian startup digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency to the pharmaceutical value chain, has raised $12 million Series A equity-debt funding, to scale operations in the West African country. Fintech VC firm QED Investors co-led the round, banking on embedded financial opportunities like payments, and lending in the
Read moreGoogle Assistant reportedly pivoting to generative AI
When Google had its unpleasant realization that it had been complacently spinning its wheels on a form of fake AI for a decade, chances are it started realigning itself that day. And it sounds like Assistant itself is now getting a generative face-lift, according to an internal email reported by
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