"We call it green gold," says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the world for the mildly narcotic shrub. Many of the bundles from the Aweday market will make their way to Wajale, a border town straddling Ethiopia and Somaliland -- a breakaway region of Somalia.
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead - with the US and China hotbeds for the technology. The Tesla tycoon bought Twitter in late 2022.
China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI and other big-spending behemoths. But then DeepSeek upended the sector with its R1 model, which it said cost just $6 million or so, powered by less-advanced chips.
Mobile games giant Scopely will pay $3.5 billion to acquire Niantic's game unit including the studio behind Pokemon Go, the companies announced on Tuesday. Scopely said the deal, valued at $3.5 billion, will bring it Niantic's entire team of game makers. gc/dw
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