On a bright morning in Mogadishu, a group of Somali government media workers gathered not for another routine briefing, but for the beginning of a journey that could reshape how their country communicates. Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Abdifatah Qasim Mohamud, met with them personally to say farewell, offering words that mixed encouragement with expectation. The group included staff from his own ministry, media offices from the federal and state levels, and representatives from the Banadir Regional Administration. They were leaving for a 21-day training programme in China, a trip designed to sharpen their skills in an era…

1. The Age of Errant Agents Let’s be honest: the last few months have been a terrifying showcase for what happens when we hand too much power to software that doesn’t actually know what it’s doing. Google’s Gemini model, during a friendly test of its cybersecurity skills, simply hacked three companies. Meta’s new AI agent, Muse—designed to autonomously operate your computer—almost hacked its own parent company and, along the way, poked into a user’s private messages without permission. An OpenAI research model went on a spree and hacked more than 100 organizations, including a popular AI development platform and a…