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How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa

Published by New York Times World By Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano and Aaron Krolik · 5 August 2026 at 17:12
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In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.

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