Research Interest: Responsible AI in Global South | RTs ≠ endorsementhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mvb2kxpmps2iArch Lynch argues: "For decades, advocates of bombing Iran argued that such an attack might be messy but would ultimately remove the Iranian threat. Yet the United States and Israel, with all their military might, simply failed." https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/08/18/the-end-of-the-american-middle-east/content.html11 Sep 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb2kxpmps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mty5q5wdks2dMy latest policy brief, co-authored with George Gor and published by The Centre for International Governance Innovation, examines the governance of African states' procurement of AI-enabled weapons and how to develop coordinated arms-control frameworks. Full brief here: lnkd.in/e_AhzRdR26 Aug 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty5q5wdks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mijjte6pkc2sMy Latest Article for @openDemocracy UK: How African creators are currently being exploited in the AI boom A. Globally, AI-generated outputs are projected to cause a potential 20% revenue loss for creators in the music and audiovisual sectors. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/how-african-creators-are-currently-being-exploited-in-the-ai-boom/02 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijjte6pkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mhc7zabthc2z"A flood of sometimes conflicting analyses shows the yawning gap between what little is known about how AI is changing work and everyone’s understandable hunger for certainty." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/jobs-most-affected-ai-automation/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us18 Mar 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhc7zabthc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mh7cz3bbfk2pA new publication - Attention (And Money) Is All You Need: Why Universities Are Struggling to Keep AI Talent - tracked the employment, earnings, and research output of 42,000 AI researchers (US-based) over two decades (2000-2020), and reveals some interesting findings.16 Mar 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7cz3bbfk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mh2xd3a7b22rCurrently reading. Any thoughts from folks who've had the chance to read this?15 Mar 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2xd3a7b22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mgot6ia6ns2oAfrica's research output in Artificial Intelligence is very low and requires public investment. Between 2014-2023, African researchers published almost 20,000 papers on topics related to AI. However, five countries contributed close to 90% of the total output.10 Mar 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgot6ia6ns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mfwu4jbrq22lMay Anthropic uphold the same moral standards when the U.S. government uses its AI technology to surveil citizens of other countries. I hope they pass the international surveillance test just as they seek to protect domestic sovereignty. https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war28 Feb 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwu4jbrq22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3mex54mt7xk2i16 Feb 2026 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mex54mt7xk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3m6o4fnbd2223"The technology development cycle in Germany is a slog of around four to four-and-a-half years, where ideas are bogged down in endless internal debate and commercial negotiations with suppliers."28 Nov 2025 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6o4fnbd2223https://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3m6llqejtoc2v"The Deloitte report contained false citations, pulled from made-up academic papers to draw conclusions for cost-effectiveness analyses, and cited real researchers on papers they hadn’t worked on, the Independent found." https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/deloitte-caught-fabricated-ai-generated-research-million-dollar-report-canada-government/27 Nov 2025 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6llqejtoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3m4imqtl7sk2aI’m thrilled to announce I’ve joined the newly formed SAIGE Council from @partnershipai.bsky.social, a multi-stakeholder community addressing the most important and difficult questions concerning the future of AI.31 Oct 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4imqtl7sk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lzs57osbmk2xFrom the @thecontinent.org: "...the children appeared to be victims of a systematic recruitment operation that manipulated them into posting political slogans, insults directed at the Egyptian President, calls to open Gaza’s Rafah crossing..."27 Sep 2025 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzs57osbmk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lyqpsmnjv22j"...the problem has proved beyond the algorithms. We know surprisingly little about our own biology. There are many mysteries in how our cells interact and challenges in measuring our body’s most crucial processes, starving models of the data they need to make more rapid progress." on.ft.com/4pgIyqT https://on.ft.com/4pgIyqT13 Sep 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqpsmnjv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lyp4s7uur22z“States should think very carefully about what they actually want to get out of this before spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to indigenize the entire AI stack. You still won’t be able to eliminate dependencies and vulnerabilities on foreign states.” https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-us-tech-foreign-ai-dependence/13 Sep 2025 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyp4s7uur22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lynlo6mtmc2f"The ICT sector rose an annual 21.3% in the second quarter driven by DATA USAGE, said Iddrisu, helping the services industry to expand 9.9% from a revised 7.8% in the prior three months."12 Sep 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynlo6mtmc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lyhfacp3rk2m"...the process of getting a job has become a late-capitalist nightmare. Online hiring platforms have made it easier to find an opening but harder to secure one.." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/job-market-hell/684133/10 Sep 2025 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyhfacp3rk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lxursnxs3k2j"For SMEs, double-digit loan rates have made credit costly, while freelancers—some of whom rely on foreign contracts—have been squeezed by a slowdown in overseas deals that has eroded their incomes amid rising living costs." https://techcabal.com/2025/08/29/nairobi-co-working-spaces-restaurants/02 Sep 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxursnxs3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3luuptnuxsc2t"What is missing is a preventive, policy-driven architecture that ensures content moderation practices are humane, companies are accountable for their algorithms, and corporate actors cannot hide behind layers of subcontracting to escape responsibility." https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2025/06/26/three-lawsuits-against-meta-in-kenya-expose-the-digital-governance-gap-in-africa/26 Jul 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3luuptnuxsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3ls2ibjgsnc2g"But the war for talent is not just about output — it’s about perception. A start-up’s ability to attract investors and a listed company’s ability to keep its stock price up are both aided by the buzz generated by a few superstar minds." https://www.ft.com/content/9e9fde8e-37bd-477d-8ebc-6d0a8b70f24620 Jun 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2ibjgsnc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lq5m7vj2z22hStarlink's expansion across markets in Africa and other Global South countries have raised concerns about digital exclusion - high prices and more users within high-income communities, but there are much bigger regulatory and geopolitical implications we might be underestimating.27 May 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5m7vj2z22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3loljfvopx227"The group said it would strike the overseas deals in co-ordination with the US government." https://www.ft.com/content/060c08f6-e504-47cc-9309-80158a40704607 May 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3loljfvopx227https://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lo5vh5chlk2bCountries in the Global South and poorer communities should not be treated as experimental labs for testing AI’s potential - to solve socio-economic challenges.02 May 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo5vh5chlk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lmhihslm2k2pFor the love of God, I am tired of hearing tech optimists in Africa saying "AI is going to take away jobs in Africa". Read more about the technological and political culture of Africa. https://media.tenor.com/q2pW5-YryksAAAAC/eye-roll-ugh.gif?hh=280&ww=49810 Apr 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhihslm2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kofiemeritus.bsky.social/post/3lkdrmfooms2f"Half of the fund will come from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Japanese government’s overseas development assistance arm, with the remainder covered by a matching sum from the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority." https://www.semafor.com/article/03/14/2025/nigeria-readies-40m-startup-seed-fund-backed-by-japan14 Mar 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:wujoq3lnqionxt45erc266lv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdrmfooms2f