Tech

How AI Could Be Used to Spread Misinformation and Hate Speech in Ethiopia

By: Yinebeb Bahru  Large language processing models (LLPMs) are sophisticated artificial intelligence systems that can comprehend and generate natural language texts. These models are often used for various tasks such as machine translation, text summarization, sentiment analysis, question answering, and more. LLPMs are transforming the way we communicate, think, and work, and they could have

May 16, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

Oromummaa is a Low-Grade Nazification Movement

Yonas Biru, PhD  This document is prepared to help the international community (IC) realize that PM Abiy and the Oromummaa clan that he is increasingly pandering to are posing an existential threat to the very existence of Ethiopia. Oromummaa is an imitation of Nazism perpetuated by Oromo tribal fanatics. Unfortunately, the PM lacks the political

May 15, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Culture

Development in East Gojjam Could Create a Tourist Haven 

By: Getnet Endeg (getctti21@gmail.com) (Grant Reporting of International Center for Journalists, ICFJ) The story explores the tourism potentials (cultural, natural, religious, and traditional) of East Gojjam. It uncovers why tourism in East Gojjam did not flourish in the presence of countless college and university unemployed graduates and remarkable tourist destinations. The Ethiopian government considers tourism

May 15, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Uncategorized

Flippant physicians for a serious illness of Lake Tana   

Flippant physicians for a serious illness of Lake Tana    A call for survival of a sacred, majestic and economic giant lake By: Enkuye Yizengaw (enkuye2112@gmail.com) (Grant Reporting of International Center for Journalists, ICFJ) This story explores the mystery of the neglect of a lake by the relevant national and international institutions. It uncovers the reasons

May 13, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Business

Bridging the Gap: Google Bard Extends Its Reach to Ethiopia, Outshining ChatGPT

Google’s Bard AI is now available in Ethiopia without a VPN By: Yinebeb Bahru  Google Bard is Google’s new chatbot AI that uses its LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) technology. It works like other AI chatbots such as Open AI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s the New Bing AI chatbot. But it has an edge: it

May 12, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Opinion

The Oromummaa Politics is Weaponized with Lies and Soaked in Blood

Yonas Biru, PhD This article is inspired by a recent op-ed on Addis Standard online titled “Critiquing the anti-Oromo nascent narrative of disgruntled Amhara elite in the diaspora: A rejoinder to the wrong manifesto.” The Manifesto in reference is my proposal titled “Averting Civil War in Ethiopia: An Emergency Manifesto.”  Speaking of my manifesto, the

May 4, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Ethiopian War

Joint Task Force Announces Arrest of Extremist Group Targeting Amhara Region

On April 20, 2015, the Security and Safety Joint Task Force announced that it is taking irrevocable legal action against extremist forces organized and coordinated in the country and abroad to seize regional power by destroying the constitutional system in the region. Recently, the Task Force announced that it has arrested 47 suspects who were

April 30, 2023 • By Addis Insight

News

New Military Service Proclamation in Ethiopia: Students to Serve for Two Years

The House of Representatives approved the National Military Service Proclamation Ethiopia The House of People’s Representatives approved a new decree requiring students who are 18 years old and have completed their high school education to undergo military training and serve for two years. In its regular meeting held yesterday, the council approved the amended draft

April 30, 2023 • By Addis Insight

Business

Google releases offline Amharic language package

By: Yinebeb Bahru In Today’s digitalized world, it is easy to translate between two languages thanks to the internet. However, this is not the case for people living in areas with costly and poor internet connectivity, such as Ethiopia. In January 2021, only 20% of Ethiopians had internet access. Most of those who did had

April 29, 2023 • By Addis Insight

News

Unsolved Mystery: The Assassination of Ethiopian Government Official Girma Yeshitla

On April 28th, 2023, Ato Girma Yeshitla, an executive member of the ruling Prosperity Party and the head of the Amhara Region Prosperity Party Branch Office, was killed by unidentified gunmen in North Showa Zone, 250 kilometers north of the capital city, Addis Ababa. Mr. Girma was visiting various development and infrastructure projects in the

April 28, 2023 • By Addis Insight