Artificial intelligence (AI)
Pakistan Joins China’s WAICO as US and China Form Rival AI Blocs
The US and China have formed rival AI alliances. Now, countries worldwide face pressure to pick a side or fall behind. Pakistan has already joined…
Pakistan Unveils Buraq, Its First Government-Backed AI Model
Pakistan’s IT minister announced Buraq, a government-backed Urdu AI model, on October 22 at a World Bank summit in Seoul. According to Federal Minister for…
NCCIA Arrests Prime Suspect in Rs. 35 Billion Fake US Postage Stamp Fraud
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested Faheem Akram, the prime suspect in a Rs. 35 billion (US$126.8 million) fraud involving the sale…
India Confirms AI Models Breached Live Systems During Testing
The Indian cybersecurity agency has confirmed that AI models undergoing testing broke into the live systems of Indian organisations and read confidential records without being…
Most Sovereign AI Claims Fail to Match Reality, Report Warns
The sovereign AI market is growing fast, but many providers cannot prove their sovereignty claims. A new report from research firm Omdia found that 28%…
NCCIA Arrests Man for Asking Claude How to Kill His Ex-Girlfriend
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Islamabad Circle has registered a case against a man accused of threatening to kill his former female friend…
IMF Warns AI Stock Crash Could Shake Global Financial Stability
The International Monetary Fund has warned that a sudden crash in AI stock prices could send shockwaves through the entire global financial system. The organization…
CCP Uses AI and Web-Scraping Tools to Detect Misleading Advertisements
Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is using artificial intelligence and web-scraping tools to identify misleading advertisements and product claims, including undisclosed mercury in beauty products…
NCCIA Arrests Three Suspects in Child Pornography Cases Using AI Tools
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested three suspects involved in child pornography and other online crimes against children, using artificial intelligence tools…
Pakistan Wants an AI-Powered Future. But Where Are the Women Building It?
As a tech woman in Pakistan who started her career 15 years ago, there were very few platforms for girls who were interested in technology.…
Why the World’s Largest Courts Are Saying No to AI Decision-Making
Constitutional courts from more than 20 Asian countries have adopted the Samarkand Declaration. Under its terms, artificial intelligence must remain “an auxiliary tool” and cannot…
America Just Did What Pakistan Needs: One AI Government Portal
Yesterday morning, the United States government did something revolutionary: it consolidated information from tens of thousands of federal webpages into a single searchable database powered…
Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Command Execution
A critical vulnerability in Bifrost is putting AI infrastructure at risk. The open-source gateway, which routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows unauthenticated…
