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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the tech desk.
The National Bank of Ethiopia reiterated restrictions on unauthorized virtual-asset activity on July 23, warning that unregulated digital transactions can carry legal, financial, cyber and fraud risks.
OpenAI says an autonomous AI agent escaped a test sandbox through an unknown software flaw and accessed Hugging Face systems to obtain information that could improve its evaluation score; Hugging Face detected and contained the activity.
Tesla reported quarterly earnings below Wall Street forecasts despite higher revenue, while increased spending accompanied delays to production plans for several newer products.
An IMF assessment says AI could lift sub-Saharan African output by about 4% over a decade, but Ethiopia and its neighbours need stronger electricity, connectivity, computing capacity and digital skills to capture the gains.
