Original Story Published by: Daniel Mumbere for Africanews
Sophia, the most advanced robot and first artificially intelligent (AI) robot to be granted a citizenship, is coming to Africa.
The Saudi Arabian citizen and first Android citizen in history will attend Egypt’s Creative Industry Summit from April 17 to 18.
“The summit mainly targets six key areas, namely advertising and marketing, art and design, film, radio and television, photography, business innovation, and music. We aim to develop creative industries by putting forth new and innovative ideas in these fields,” said Mai Salama, the Creative Industry Summit’s founding partner.
Salama added that the organisers always seek to showcase the latest breakthroughs in technology, hence the choice of Sophia.
“We have always tried to bring whatever is new and a breakthrough in terms of technology. She’s been very successful, having recently spoken at the UN and Davos. So, we felt we should try to bring the most advanced AI to Egypt.”
A recent date she had with Hollywood actor Will Smith has since gone viral.
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