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State of AI Diffusion
Who has access to AI's benefits across Africa and LMICs — and what we are doing about the gap. Adoption data, sector deep dives, and the policy shaping who benefits.
Latest issue · Vol. II · No. 01
Capability Diffusion and Access
As frontier AI gains offensive cyber capability, access to those capabilities becomes increasingly restricted. Cyber capability is reshaping not cybersecurity policy — it is reshaping AI diffusion itself.
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View all →Localised AI Models and Centralised Diffusion
On June 12, 2026, the US government directed Anthropic to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals. The mechanism was an export control directive; the technical mechanism was an API geolocation check. This demonstrated something that had been theorized but not yet observed: centralised diffusion, where models are jurisdiction-bound by default.
Jonas Kgomo
Jun 14, 2026 · 14 min read
Reviewing Progress on Responsible AI Diffusion
Africa's Abundance Frontier (AGI)
JonasAI Diffusion Strategy Under Strain?
Rafael Andersson Lipcsey, Jonas Kgomo, Joanna WiaterekEconomics and AI Research: Diffusion in LMICs
Rafael AnderssonTrust & Safety
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Our lab engages on the cutting edge between technology and society through events, workshops, and more.
London Data Week
Alan Turing Institute, London Data Week ( Jen & Flynn)
AI Governance Africa Edition
AI Fellowship
Jen Ding LDW Organiser
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Jonas & Omar
Cohere at our workshop
Break Discussion
Omar co-host
Flynn & Jenn
Deliberative Workshop – 2024
Discussion
Atlantic Council
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Atlantic Council
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