As the artificial intelligence (AI) race continues to gather pace across the globe, and with Kenya standing tall among African peers at the heart of the revolution, the country today finds itself at a crossroads with regards to deploying appropriate regulation without stifling innovation.
While the local authorities have developed a national strategy ostensibly to guide the country in harnessing the transformative power of AI, recent pronouncements by top officials have elicited concerns about possible attempts at censorship.