🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 5 – January 11 ]
That was the first full-fledged week of the new year of 2026, during which rulers forgave those who polluted their land, dismissed those who were managing their oil.
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇧🇼 Botswana
— Botswana Invites Russia to Invest in Its Mining Sector
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— Congolese clergy speaks against the US-DRC agreement.
— The government allows processing units to accept ore from artisanal miners amid protests
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
— Equatorial Guinea moves its capital to a brand new city built on oil revenues
🇬🇭 Ghana
— A Ghanaian prophet predicts the discovery of major onshore oil deposits in Ghana
— Ghana hopes to keep its oil fields viable until 2040
🇲🇱 Mali
— JNIM militants attack a gold mine in southeastern Mali
🇳🇪 Niger
— Niger replaces its oil minister
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— President reshuffles the country's oil sector management
🇸🇩 Sudan
— Sudan’s central bank and Sudanese Mineral Resources Company set up a joint commission to curb illegal gold exports.
🇺🇬 Uganda
— Uganda to start its first oil exports by October, despite environmental concerns
🇿🇲 Zambia
— First report on the toxic pollution caused by a Chinese company designates 160 people as victims
— Zambia is concerned over the safety of its workers in southern DRC
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🚀 Google Imagen 4 — доступен всем разработчикам!
Google открыл общий доступ к мощному семейству моделей Imagen 4 для генерации изображений через Gemini API и Google AI Studio.
Ключевое:
1. Три модели:
➡️Imagen 4 Fast: Скорость + низкая цена ($0.02/изображение).
➡️Imagen 4: Флагман, лучшее качество и рендеринг текста.
➡️Imagen 4 Ultra: Максимум детализации (премиум).
2. 2K разрешение: Imagen 4 и Ultra теперь генерируют изображения до 2048x2048 пикселей.
3. Безопасность: Встроенная невидимая водяная марка SynthID для ответственного ИИ.
🔥Итог: Революционные возможности генерации изображений теперь доступны разработчикам для интеграции в свои проекты.
Подробности и документация на официальном сайте Google
#Google#Imagen4#GeminiAPI#ИскусственныйИнтеллект#ГенерацияИзображений#AI
Картинка сделана новой моделью по следующему промпту:
Create a four panel comic strip in a retro style. The first panel should show a friendly cat sitting next to a Chromebook that is pulled up to the website https://ai.dev comic caption: Imagen 4 is now Generally Available! The second panel should show a dog saying “And we’re introducing Imagen 4 FAST which offers low-latency images at just $0.02 per image” panel three should show the cat saying “2K image upscaling is available too!” Panel 4 should show the cat and dog high-fiving with the caption “Try Imagen 4 in AI Studio now!”
https://t.me/semasci