By Nouriel Roubini* New York – Since returning from this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, I have been asked repeatedly for my biggest takeaways. Among the most widely discussed issues this year was artificial intelligence – especially generative AI (“GenAI”). With the recent adoption of large language models (like the one powering ChatGPT),...
November 6, 2024
Tag: voice
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We Need a Stronger African Voice in Communication and Media Studies
Africa’s contribution to global communication and media scholarships continues to lack novel theoretical impact. Not since Zambia’s Francis Kasoma’s projection of ubuntu as a principle of media ethics in the 1990s have we seen as impactful theorising, critique, reinforcement or change of paradigms of practice motivated by an indigenous African perspective. I fault a stranglehold...
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Boosting Youth voice in democracy
Two civil society organisations have joined forces to create a project to enhance youth participation in democratic processes. The N$11 million-dollar project titled ‘Strengthening Democratic Participation: Namibia Needs Me’ is the collective brainchild of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation. The project is aimed at enhancing participation in democratic processes...
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Youths of Erongosig voice their grievances
Youths of Erongosig, a surbub in Usakos, voiced their grievances over what they termed the unjust distribution of land in their neighborhood. They handed over a petition of their plea to the mayor, Irene Simeon-Kurtz. Born and raised in Usakos, many of these residents say they have spent their lives in their parents’ homes, a...
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OpenAI introduces voice conversations with ChatGPT
You can now speak aloud to ChatGPT and hear the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot talk back. CNN reports that OpenAI announced Monday that it is rolling out new features including the ability to let users engage in a back-and-forth voice conversation with ChatGPT. In a company blog post, OpenAI teased how this new feature can be...
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Glitch at BRICS Summit transforms Putin’s voice
Attendees at the BRICS Summit being held in South Africa could have been forgiven for thinking they had been transported to a Cold War Era Hollywood film set, as a technical malfunction in the live stream resulted in Russian President Vladimir Putin sounding more like a stereotypical Russian villain. Source link
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Nakabolelwa Residents Voice Concerns Over Rising Human-Wildlife Conflict – Namibia Daily News
By Lylie Happiness Nakabolelwa, Aug. 9 – The inhabitants of Nakabolelwa, a community located over 50 kilometres east of Katima Mulilo in the flood plains of Kabbe South Constituency, Zambezi region, express growing dissatisfaction with the escalating presence of problematic wild animals. Crocodiles, elephants, and lions from the neighbouring Chobe National Park in Botswana continue...