{
  "id": 11027675,
  "title": "Ethiopian AI expert, Timnit Gebru, wins 'alternative Nobel'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ethiopian-ai-expert-timnit-gebru-wins-alternative-nobel",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:44:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/ethiopian-ai-expert-timnit-gebru-wins-alternative-nobel"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In tonight's edition, Africa's richest man breaks ground on a 16 billion dollar oil refinery in Kenya. Also, at universities across Cameroon, programming is overshadowed with uncertainty amidst an indefinite strike by lecturers. And I speak to Ethiopian-born computer scientist and pioneering AI ethicist Timnit Gebru as she is honored with the Swedish Right Livelihood Award for her work on how AI…",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "'Alternative Nobel' honors women's rights activists, AI researcher",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/alternative-nobel-honors-womens-rights-activists-ai-researcher",
        "published": "2026-09-30T06:14:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "'Alternative Nobel' Honors Women Activists, AI Researcher",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/alternative-nobel-honors-women-activists-ai-researcher",
        "published": "2026-09-30T07:24:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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