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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
February 25 10:02 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard fired Wednesday on a Florida-registere...
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
February 25 09:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Raequan Campbell-Dennis  scored a first-half double and Giovani Taylor came off the bench to score two more in the second half to...
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
February 25 08:59 PM
A new report by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States (US) has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa, which affected Jamaica on October ...
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
February 25 08:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Digicel Foundation has handed over a US$80,000 Smart Lab to Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester, as part of eff...
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
February 25 08:08 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Jamaica has made three changes to the starting team to face Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in their  Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers - R...
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Mt Pleasant avenge Harbour View loss in 4-1 JPL win
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Mt Pleasant avenge Harbour View loss in 4-1 JPL win
February 25 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former champions Mt Pleasant FA avenged their surprise loss to Harbour View a week ago, hammering the east Kingston club 4-1 in th...
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BOJ to launch finance-based game for children
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BOJ to launch finance-based game for children
February 25 06:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bank of Jamaica will launch an online financial educational game in April, targeting students in grades four to six at the pri...
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Over $330m disbursed in Hanover under MLSS ROOFS programme
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Over $330m disbursed in Hanover under MLSS ROOFS programme
February 25 06:46 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — Grants worth $334.2 million have been disbursed to households in Hanover under the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters...
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ChatGPT creator tells leaders AI regulation ‘urgently’ needed
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ChatGPT creator tells leaders AI regulation ‘urgently’ needed
February 19, 2026
NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) —  The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said Thursday at a summit in New Delhi ...
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‘Always listening’ AI pendants debut in Europe to skepticism
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‘Always listening’ AI pendants debut in Europe to skepticism
February 11, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — Newly landed in Europe after a stormy reception in the United States (US),  chatbot-powered, always-listening pendants created b...
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Actor behind Albania’s AI ‘minister’ wants her face back
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Actor behind Albania’s AI ‘minister’ wants her face back
February 11, 2026
TIRANA, Albania (AFP) — An actor whose face was used by Albania's government for an artificial intelligence AI chatbot that it promoted to be a "minis...
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AI-driven quality assurance needed for local BPO sector, says Epstein
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AI-driven quality assurance needed for local BPO sector, says Epstein
February 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the global customer service landscape, major players in Jamaica’s business pr...
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Amazon shares plunge as AI costs climb
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Amazon shares plunge as AI costs climb
February 5, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Amazon shares dove more than 11 per cent on Thursday as the computing and retail titan reported strong sales but ...
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UK data regulator opens probe into X over sexual AI imagery
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UK data regulator opens probe into X over sexual AI imagery
February 3, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's data regulator on Tuesday launched probes into Elon Musk's X and xAI to see whether the companies complied wi...
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Google unveils AI tool probing mysteries of human genome
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Google unveils AI tool probing mysteries of human genome
January 28, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — Google unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the ...
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TikTok star Khaby Lame sells company in US$900m deal
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TikTok star Khaby Lame sells company in US$900m deal
January 27, 2026
Khaby Lame, the world's most-followed TikToker, has inked over US$900 million in a deal which saw the sale of a stake in his company, Step Distinctive...
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Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms
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Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms
January 24, 2026
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence (AI), how it could usurp human identi...
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Musk’s Grok created three million sexualised images, research says
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Musk’s Grok created three million sexualised images, research says
January 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, generated an estimated three million sexualised images of wo...
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As AI reshapes job market, St James bee farmers to take training into schools
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As AI reshapes job market, St James bee farmers to take training into schools
January 21, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica —  With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforming the global workforce, President of the St James Bee Farmers Association, D...
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OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT
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OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT
January 16, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popula...
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‘The future is human’
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‘The future is human’
EY Caribbean forum highlights need for people-focused technological development amid AI boom
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 15, 2026
Amid the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, professional services organisation EY Caribbean is urging regional wor...
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Apple chooses Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri
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Apple chooses Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri
January 12, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Tech giants Apple and Google announced Monday a multi-year partnership that will see Apple's next-generation arti...
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Startups go public in litmus test for Chinese AI
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Startups go public in litmus test for Chinese AI
January 8, 2026
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Leading Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI soared as it went public in Hong Kong on Thursday, a day before riva...
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UK urges Musk’s X to act over ‘appalling’ sexual deepfakes
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UK urges Musk’s X to act over ‘appalling’ sexual deepfakes
January 6, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Kingdom (UK) Government Tuesday called on Elon Musk's social network X to take urgent action over its artifi...
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Amazon founder Bezos returns to CEO role with AI startup
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Amazon founder Bezos returns to CEO role with AI startup
November 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is returning to an operational leadership role for the first time in four years, taking th...
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
November 16, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest US$310 billion over the next five years mostly in te...
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
November 6, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- "Vibe coding," a word that essentially means using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell a machine what you want instea...
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Musk launches Grokipedia to rival ‘left-biased’ Wikipedia
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Musk launches Grokipedia to rival ‘left-biased’ Wikipedia
October 28, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Elon Musk's company xAI launched Grokipedia on Monday to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which he has accu...
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
October 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged to...
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Meta to cut 600 jobs in artificial intelligence — reports
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Meta to cut 600 jobs in artificial intelligence — reports
October 22, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Facebook owner Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence (AI) division in a move intended to streamline ...
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