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Nairobi launches Beijing-inspired underpass network to unclog central business district

Construction has begun on the Greenpark Terminus Pedestrian Underpass, a 500-metre Beijing-inspired walkway at Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway designed to protect pedestrians, improve traffic flow and complement other major road projects aimed at easing Nairobi’s congestion.

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Anthropic Launches Live Web Search API for Claude Chatbot, Shifting AI-Driven Search Landscape

Anthropic launched a new Claude Web Search API on May 12, 2025, enabling its Claude chatbot to retrieve real-time, source-cited web information. This AI-driven search allows natural language queries for live results, potentially reshaping content discovery and impacting traditional search traffic as AI assistants gain prominence.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 12, 2025

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Amazon Ads Unveils Three Interactive Ad Formats for Connected TV on Prime Video

Amazon Ads introduced three new interactive Connected TV (CTV) ad formats for Prime Video in May 2025. These include AI-powered pause ads, shoppable in-stream ads allowing direct add-to-cart, and "send-to-phone" ads for non-Amazon products, all designed to turn streaming breaks into engagement opportunities leveraging Amazon's data and AI.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 10, 2025

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Google Enhances AI-Powered NotebookLM with Expanded Language Support, Benefiting Kenyan Users

Google has expanded its AI-powered research tool, NotebookLM, to include audio overviews in over 50 languages, a development reported around May 2025. This enhancement will benefit users in Kenya and across Africa by making advanced AI study and research assistance more accessible, particularly for auditory learners.

SOStreamline Official

May 10, 2025

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18th Kenya Internet Governance Forum Tackles AI, Digital Rights, and Inclusive Growth

The 18th Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) began in Nairobi on May 14, themed “Tech for Human Development.” This week-long KICTANet-organized event united government, tech leaders, and civil society to discuss AI ethics, youth digital rights, data privacy, and fostering inclusive ICT growth through multi-stakeholder collaboration, aiming to shape Kenya's digital policies.

SOStreamline Official

May 14, 2025

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Mistral AI Expands Access to New Medium 3 Model via API and Major Cloud Platforms

Mistral AI has announced that its new Medium 3 model is now available through its API and on Amazon SageMaker. Support for IBM watsonx, NVIDIA NIM, Microsoft Azure AI, and Google Vertex AI is expected to follow soon, significantly broadening deployment options for enterprises.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 7, 2025

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Mistral AI Releases Medium 3 Model and "Le Chat Enterprise" AI Assistant Platform

Mistral AI has released its new Medium 3 language model, optimized for coding and engineering tasks, alongside ‘Le Chat Enterprise,’ a business-focused AI assistant platform. Medium 3 reportedly achieves top-tier performance in coding benchmarks at a significantly lower cost.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 7, 2025

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Gains "Deep Think" Mode for Advanced Extended Reasoning Capabilities

Google has added a new ‘Deep Think’ reasoning mode to its Gemini 2.5 Pro model, enabling the AI to explore multiple hypotheses and perform deeper logical reasoning for complex tasks like advanced mathematics or coding challenges.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 7, 2025

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Google Introduces "Flow": An AI-Powered App for Rapid Short Video Creation

Google introduced Flow, an AI-based video editing app that allows users to create eight-second AI-generated video clips from text or image prompts and provides tools to assemble them into longer sequences.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 7, 2025

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IBM Launches Watsonx Code Assistant for Modernizing IBM i (RPG) Legacy Applications

IBM has announced the watsonx Code Assistant for IBM i, an AI-powered tool currently in private preview, designed to help developers understand and modernize legacy RPG code on the IBM i (AS/400) platform by providing contextual code suggestions and transformations.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 7, 2025

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Gemini 2.5 Models to Feature "Thought Summaries" for Enhanced Transparency and Safety

Google's updated Gemini 2.5 model family will now provide “thought summaries” detailing its reasoning process before giving an answer, alongside improved security measures to enhance transparency and safety, especially for enterprise applications.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 6, 2025

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Google Democratizes AI Development by Making Gemini Code Assist Free for Individual Users

Google has made its Gemini Code Assist tool free for individual developers. The AI coding assistant, powered by Gemini 2.5, offers intelligent code completions and context-aware help in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and Google Cloud Shell.

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May 6, 2025

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Google Details "Project Astra": The Future of Proactive, Autonomous AI Assistants

Google provided more details on Project Astra, its proactive AI assistant. The prototype can analyze a user’s environment and schedule to autonomously suggest solutions, such as for calendar conflicts or errors in homework photos, without being explicitly asked.

SDShiftpulse Digital

May 6, 2025