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technology24 Oct, 11:53 Karachi

ECP Drafts Rules to Curb Poll Deepfakes

The Election Commission of Pakistan has proposed AI rules requiring parties, candidates, media and observers to disclose AI-generated content and banning deceptive deepfakes, with feedback due by Nov 20.

technology23 Oct, 19:57 Karachi

Apple's Foldable iPhone Duo Goes on Sale

technology23 Oct, 16:01 Karachi

Greece Bans Social Media for Children Under 15

technology23 Oct, 07:55 Karachi

Trump Says Musk Restored Ukraine's Starlink Access

technology22 Oct, 23:55 Karachi

Islamabad to Host UN Space Tech Conference From October 27

technology22 Oct, 23:50 Karachi

PHP Flaw Sparks Global Alert as Websites Rush to Patch

technology22 Oct, 11:51 Karachi

Punjab Orders Crackdown on Camera Smart Glasses, Spy Gadgets

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22 Oct, 07:52 Karachi

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Buraq: Pakistan Builds Urdu AI Model, Keeps Data Home

Pakistan is building Buraq, a large language model trained on Urdu and regional languages, and buying sovereign compute so Pakistani data is processed at home, the federal IT minister told the Global AI and Digital Summit 2026 in Seoul.

21 Oct, 23:55 Karachi

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ChatGPT Ads Arrive in Pakistan as OpenAI Expands

OpenAI said on October 21 it is bringing ads on ChatGPT to Pakistan and 25 other countries, taking the number of markets with ChatGPT advertising to 89.

21 Oct, 19:57 Karachi

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Tesla-SpaceX Merger Not Certain, Says Musk

21 Oct, 07:51 Karachi

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AI Reads Cancer Survival Odds From a Selfie

20 Oct, 15:56 Karachi

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Japan Launches Mission to Grab Mars Moon Samples

20 Oct, 07:56 Karachi

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US Orders DeepSeek Removed From Federal IT Systems

19 Oct, 20:06 Karachi

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Jazz, Samsung Sign Deal to Make AI Phones Affordable

19 Oct, 15:57 Karachi

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Duplicate SIM Fraud Drains Two MNAs' Bank Accounts

19 Oct, 09:01 Karachi

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Microsoft pulls out of Nscale's UK data-centre deal amid power delays

19 Oct, 09:00 Karachi

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Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to new public benefit fund

19 Oct, 00:03 Karachi

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First Pakistani Astronaut to Launch Nov 25

17 Oct, 19:55 Karachi

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Anthropic Pitches US Law to Block Dangerous AI Models

17 Oct, 08:35 Karachi

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Hacker gets data on millions of California students, state education department says

17 Oct, 07:54 Karachi

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Tesla's New Roadster Flies on SpaceX Thrusters, Due in 2028

16 Oct, 22:33 Karachi

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CoreWeave CEO sold nearly $1 billion of stock since IPO, filings show

16 Oct, 20:36 Karachi

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Tesla gets approval for self-driving tech in Slovakia

16 Oct, 19:51 Karachi

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iPhone Duo Launch-Day Delivery Sells Out in 15 Minutes

16 Oct, 19:41 Karachi

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US AI task force sets path for study and reviews after first meeting

16 Oct, 16:28 Karachi

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Besi shares fall on report ASML is working on rival hybrid bonding tool

16 Oct, 16:28 Karachi

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Waymo plans first Canada robotaxi service in Toronto in 2028

16 Oct, 13:26 Karachi

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Air traffic disrupted in Italy due to technical fault

16 Oct, 12:30 Karachi

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Tencent says AI agents showed unintended browsing behaviour

16 Oct, 12:30 Karachi

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Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, CERT-In says

16 Oct, 09:19 Karachi

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G7 to launch exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks

16 Oct, 09:08 Karachi

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Google warns suspected China-linked hackers could exploit BeyondTrust flaw

16 Oct, 09:08 Karachi

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Chip startup Bolt Graphics seeking to raise $100 million at about $700 million valuation

16 Oct, 09:08 Karachi

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Anthropic grants AI evaluator METR employee-level access to its models

16 Oct, 09:08 Karachi

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Amazon launches two portable AI listening devices under Bee brand

16 Oct, 07:54 Karachi

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Australia Bill Lets Users Switch Off Social Media Algorithms

16 Oct, 02:30 Karachi

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US FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over consumer harms, Axios reports

16 Oct, 02:30 Karachi

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Germany plans AI cooperation deal with Nvidia, Handelsblatt reports

16 Oct, 02:30 Karachi

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Cohere moves to buy AI cybersecurity startup AISLE

16 Oct, 02:30 Karachi

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OpenAI, Meta warn US judiciary about risk of 'deepfake' evidence

16 Oct, 01:35 Karachi

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Google's News AI pilot tops 400 publications as CNN signs multi-year AI deal

16 Oct, 01:35 Karachi

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GitHub releases AI Scan for pull requests to catch security flaws CodeQL misses

16 Oct, 00:43 Karachi

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China's DexForce trains humanoid robots on virtual data to slash costs

16 Oct, 00:43 Karachi

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CERN and Mistral to build 'Flare', a foundation AI model for physics

16 Oct, 00:01 Karachi

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Apple, Meta Bring Muse Spark Open AI to Mac Studio

15 Oct, 23:58 Karachi

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New York City comptroller urges Anthropic to pause IPO over AI safety

15 Oct, 16:01 Karachi

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Eight US States Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT Safety

15 Oct, 14:54 Karachi

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Jio Seeks $3.2bn in What Could Be India's Biggest IPO

15 Oct, 11:57 Karachi

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X Suspends 13,000 State-Linked Accounts

15 Oct, 10:58 Karachi

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AI Demand Drives Record ASML Sales

15 Oct, 10:02 Karachi

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AI Hacks Are 'Early Warning Shots': Hassabis

15 Oct, 07:51 Karachi

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Anthropic Revenue Jumps 45% to $16.8bn