From Nairobi to Silicon Valley: Kenyan innovator building the future of AI

Benjamin Owino says most AI systems discard context once a decision is made. [Courtesy]

At a time when global anxieties over artificial intelligence (AI) often centre on opaque 'black boxes', a 26-year-old Kenyan innovator is proposing a radical solution: AI that remembers.

Benjamin Owino, a recent Cornell University graduate, has stepped away from lucrative Wall Street and Silicon Valley job offers to pursue an idea he believes will change AI’s role in society.