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Africa Pushes for Voice in Global AI Safety Governance Debate

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New reporting examines the gap in African representation within global AI safety governance, with African stakeholders asserting the continent's right to participate in decisions about what constitutes safe AI. The debate extends earlier analysis finding that African nations, including Ghana, lack local evaluators needed to independently assess foreign AI models.

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Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say · restofworld.org · T2

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Oct 3, 2026This story
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