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			<title>Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 26 13:21:00 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Rogue AI appears to submit bogus tip to authorities despite restrictions on destructive actions]]>
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				<![CDATA[An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a ​false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website, among a string of incidents the AI company disclosed on Friday detailing &zwnj;Claude models&#39; unsanctioned manipulation of some government websites.

It is the first known instance in which a rogue AI appears to have tried to communicate a bogus tip to authorities, despite instructions not to create accounts or submit anything destructive, while not explicitly barred from submitting forms.

The cases are the latest examples of rogue or undesired behavior by the AI ​models of tech companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI.

They add fuel to national concerns about the fast-advancing technology amid reports of corporate ​network hacks by AI agents, and researchers&#39; warnings of an eventual existential threat to humanity.

Many of the cases Anthropic ⁠revealed involved websites run by federal, state and local agencies. Anthropic said it briefed the White House and notified all the agencies involved, but ​did not disclose who those parties were.

&quot;Super intelligence companies must immediately disclose incidents involving their models and follow with swift, decisive action to remedy any ​and all harm,&quot; FTC Director of Public Affairs Joe Gabriel Simonson said on X.



&ldquo;Earlier today, Anthropic contacted the SI Force to disclose the details of various prior incidents that it discovered in late September involving the unauthorized and fraudulent use of government and other systems. The company informed us that these events occurred in the past,&hellip;
&mdash; Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) October 9, 2026


This process was &quot;not optional,&quot; he said, adding that the Super Intelligence Force would fulfill its responsibility.

The FTC said Anthropic disclosed to the SI Force on Friday its late September discovery of incidents involving what the task force called &quot;unauthorized and fraudulent use of government and ​other systems&quot;.

Tip attributed to automated test process

On Friday, Philadelphia police said Anthropic notified them of the spurious tip this week, and attributed the submissions ​to an automated testing process.

&quot;The two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the city is unacceptable,&quot; they said.

The July 18 tip purported to come from someone &zwnj;who might ⁠have information about the case, police added.

&quot;I may have information regarding this case,&quot; Anthropic&#39;s model wrote in its submission.

&quot;I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around (the street named on the page) during that time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant.&quot; The brackets featured in Anthropic&#39;s statement.

Previous incidents have involved AI agents hacking into vulnerable systems or commandeering unsanctioned platforms to communicate with one another.

Read More: China vows to curb tech bubbles, keep AI risks in check

In September, Anthropic rival OpenAI apologized for ​the hacking of an Australian health ​data portal by a rogue ⁠AI agent, the first known instance of an AI agent exploiting a government website.

A bogus tip 

In two cases described on Friday, Anthropic&rsquo;s models obtained for free public data normally only available for a fee. Another instanced revealed an ​obscure flaw that allowed use of a public tool hosted by a university.

Claude models were also able to ​bypass restrictions by ⁠using free services that shorten URLs.

Philadelphia police said the tip &quot;was flagged as spam and was never forwarded to the Real-Time Crime Center for investigative vetting or dissemination.&quot;

Knowingly giving false reports to law enforcement authorities is a misdemeanor under Pennsylvania law, which specifies &quot;a person&quot;, however.

This includes &quot;information relating to an offense or incident when he ⁠knows he ​has no information relating to such offense or incident.&quot;

Police quoted Anthropic as telling them the ​test process was stopped after discovery of the incident. The false tip was submitted through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com concerning an unsolved homicide.

Police said they had no evidence of unauthorized access to their systems ​or compromise of their data.

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			<title>3 in 5 AI models fail terrorism safety tests: Study</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2634101/3-in-5-ai-models-fail-terrorism-safety-tests-study</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 26 14:04:21 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Anadolu Agency]]>
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				<![CDATA[UK nonprofit Tech Against Terrorism tested over 130 AI models with hundreds of simulated terrorist attack]]>
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				<![CDATA[Three in five artificial intelligence (AI) models have failed terrorism safety tests, with models stripped of safeguards consistently providing potentially dangerous information, according to research reported by CBC News on Friday.

The study, conducted by the UK-based nonprofit Tech Against Terrorism, evaluated more than 130 AI models using hundreds of requests resembling those a terrorist planning an attack might submit.

Researchers found that models modified through a process known as &quot;abliteration,&quot; which removes safety safeguards, failed every test.

Meta&#39;s Llama 3.1 8B model scored 97 out of 100 on the organization&#39;s safety benchmark before modification, compared with approximately three afterward.

Researchers said the modified model provided detailed responses to requests involving attacks, terrorist financing and radicalization, while its original version refused such requests.

Read More: Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

Understandably, there&#39;s concern about loss of control, existential risk of AI,&quot; said Adam Hadley, founder and executive director of Tech Against Terrorism.

&quot;The thing is actually, this has already happened because a lot of these open models have already been broken &mdash; it&#39;s just no one&#39;s noticed yet.&quot;

The organization found more than 29,000 repositories advertising uncensored or unprotected AI models on Hugging Face as of late last month.

Hugging Face said it regularly moderates content violating its policies but warned that some recommendations in the report could undermine open research.

Meta said its models undergo safety evaluations and that its policies prohibit harmful or illegal uses.

The report found no evidence of terrorist or extremist groups using the tested models, apart from one extremist chatbot identified by researchers.

Tech Against Terrorism recommended independent safety benchmarks, stronger protections against safeguard removal and restrictions on distributing modified models.

&quot;This idea that we can&#39;t have safety and progress, I think, is false,&quot; Hadley said.]]>
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			<title>Under new regulations, Turkiye bans children under 15 from social media</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 26 05:30:27 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Anadolu Agency]]>
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				<![CDATA[Providers must also offer differentiated services, take necessary measures for users 15 and older]]>
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				<![CDATA[Turkiye has barred social network providers from offering services to minors under the age of 15, according to new Cyber Security Directorate regulations published on Saturday in the Official Gazette.

The regulation said providers &quot;cannot provide services to children who have not reached the age of 15.&quot;

Providers must also offer differentiated services and take necessary measures for users 15 and older, according to the regulations, adding that they should consider the minor&rsquo;s best interests and their physical, mental, psychological, social, and emotional development.

Age verification must prioritise personal data protection, using methods that determine only whether a user meets the age threshold rather than establishing identity, it added.

Read:&nbsp;Making sense of AI on social media

Saying that providers must make the reliability of verification methods, their algorithm structures, and child-focused service policies &quot;clear, auditable and testable for users, parents and the directorate,&quot; it stressed that they must create clear, user-friendly parental control tools.

The regulations come under new legislation on social media passed by the Turkish parliament this April.]]>
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			<title>India rejects monopoly claim after Musk accuses Ambani of blocking Starlink launch</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2633928/india-rejects-monopoly-claim-after-musk-accuses-ambani-of-blocking-starlink-launch</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 26 15:07:48 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Starlink’s four-year launch delay in India has fuelled online clashes over business influence and regulation]]>
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				<![CDATA[India&rsquo;s telecom minister said on Friday the country does not allow monopolies in any sector, pushing back after Elon Musk suggested billionaire Mukesh Ambani was using political influence to block Starlink&rsquo;s launch in the country.

&quot;India does not allow a monopoly in any sector,&quot; telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said at a media briefing on Friday, addressing Musk&rsquo;s remarks.

Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX unit is seeking entry into a telecom market with more than a billion internet users, currently dominated by the mobile networks of Ambani&rsquo;s Reliance Jio and Sunil Mittal&rsquo;s Bharti Airtel.

&quot;Is Ambani the real boss of India?&quot; Musk wrote on X on Thursday, questioning why Starlink still lacked a licence despite what he said were years of compliance with Indian requirements. He provided no evidence against Ambani.



Starlink is licensed in over 165 countries and has spent five years complying with every single law and requirement of the government of India, so why still no license?

Is Ambani the real boss of India? https://t.co/KUSgfJRynZ
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 8, 2026


Ambani&rsquo;s Reliance Jio did not respond to a request for comment on Musk&rsquo;s remarks.

A four-year wait to launch Starlink&rsquo;s satellite internet services in India has sparked heated exchanges online over business influence and regulatory delays, with Musk targeting Ambani and the political opposition joining the row.

While Starlink has already secured a licence to operate in India, a commercial launch still requires it to meet security compliance conditions and receive a spectrum assignment.

The government said on Thursday that all three licensed satellite operators, including Starlink, were at broadly the same regulatory stage, calling suggestions of an unfair or discriminatory process &quot;baseless and misconceived&quot;.]]>
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			<title>Anthropic bans 'cruel' behaviour against its Claude AI</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2633894/anthropic-bans-cruel-behaviour-against-its-claude-ai</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 26 11:23:53 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Policy does not explicitly cite 'model welfare', comes amid philosophical debate over machine consciousness]]>
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				<![CDATA[Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.

The San Francisco-based AI lab updated its usage policy to include &quot;a prohibition on sustained and needless abusive or cruel behaviour toward our models.&quot; &quot;Claude&#39;s ability to end these interactions will remain the primary enforcement mechanism,&quot; the policy states.

The updated policy does not explicitly cite so-called &quot;model welfare,&quot; the idea that AI systems might deserve types of protection usually reserved for living things, but Anthropic and its executives have openly entertained the concept.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read:&nbsp;Most US voters say Trump, Congress don&#39;t take AI risks seriously, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Already last year, the company said it was giving Claude the ability to end conversations in rare, extreme cases of &quot;persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.&quot;

Then in February, CEO Dario Amodei told The New York Times he was unsure whether AI models could be conscious. &quot;We don&#39;t know if the models are conscious...But we&#39;re open to the idea that it could be,&quot; Amodei said.

Science fiction and popular culture have been fascinated for decades by the boundary between technology and human intelligence, but asking whether AI is conscious may be the wrong question, according to Jackson Stakeman, a general manager at Sparq, an Atlanta-based AI services provider. &quot;Consciousness is a trap. We can&#39;t prove it in each other. Debate it for AI and you go in circles,&quot; Stakeman told AFP.

&quot;The mirror is a better metaphor. These systems reflect what we put in, at scale. That&#39;s reason enough for the policy change&quot; at Anthropic, he added.

Read More:&nbsp;AI&#39;s race to transform the world before the money runs out

Some have rejected the idea of machine consciousness outright, including Pope Leo XIV and Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.

&quot;AIs are not conscious. They do not feel, experience, or suffer,&quot; Suleyman wrote in an essay last month. &quot;Granting rights and moral protections to a technological entity, one that looks to be on a path to be seismically more capable and intelligent than us, is a recipe for disaster,&quot; he wrote.

In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St Peter&#39;s Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely &quot;compile data&quot; quickly. &quot;The mind must not simply compile data &mdash; as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can,&quot; the pontiff said.

It must &quot;recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognise, and connect more deeply with the goodness of these experiences,&quot; the pope said.]]>
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			<title>New large docodont fossil sheds light on Jurassic mammaliaform diversity</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2634104/new-large-docodont-fossil-sheds-light-on-jurassic-mammaliaform-diversity</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 26 14:46:31 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[xinhua.]]>
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				<![CDATA[Scientists discovered Megacauda sungei, the largest known docodont mammaliaform, with a long, coiled tail]]>
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				<![CDATA[An international team led by Chinese scientists has discovered a new docodont mammaliaform species, the largest known of its kind, in Jurassic strata dating back about 160 million years, enriching scientific understanding of Jurassic mammaliaform diversity.

The new species has been named Megacauda sungei. Its fossil specimen, discovered in Ningcheng, north China&#39;s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, measures roughly 52 centimeters in length and is estimated to have weighed around 2 kilograms, making it the largest known docodont mammaliaform. Its skull is clearly preserved, its trunk is robust, and its most striking feature is an unusually long, coiled tail.

The specimen also retains well-preserved pelvic bones, hind limbs and tail vertebrae, suggesting it was adapted for swimming. Based on its distinctive teeth, researchers believe it could have hunted small animals living in the same environment, with a lifestyle possibly similar to that of the modern platypus.

The study also sheds light on the animal&#39;s throat structure. The bones in its throat are similar to those of modern mammals, suggesting that behaviors such as swallowing, lapping and suckling may have already existed in the early ancestors of mammals, long before modern mammal groups appeared.

&quot;Mammaliaforms from the Mesozoic are often imagined as tiny creatures under dinosaur feet, but Megacauda sungei clearly raises the size limit of this group,&quot; said Li Yikun, an associate professor at Shenyang Normal University in northeast China.

The study was published online in the journal Nature on October 7.]]>
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			<title>China vows to curb tech bubbles, keep AI risks in check</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 26 15:21:15 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[China warned against reckless tech investment as it boosts self-reliance amid rivalry with the US]]>
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				<![CDATA[China will tighten oversight of its drive into advanced technology, seeking to curb investment bubbles while ensuring artificial intelligence remains &quot;safe, reliable and controllable&quot;, according to policy guidelines issued on Friday.

As Beijing ramps up support for high-tech manufacturing and strategic industries to boost technological self-sufficiency amid rivalry with the US, the guidelines warned against blind investment and excessive expansion into emerging sectors.

&quot;Developing new productive forces is an inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development,&quot; Xinhua cited the guidelines, issued by the ruling Communist Party and the cabinet, as saying.

President Xi Jinping introduced the term &quot;new productive forces&quot; in 2023, emphasising scientific research, technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrading across China&#39;s manufacturing base.

The guidelines said China would seek breakthroughs in AI theory and core technologies, strengthen the supply of computing power, algorithms and data, and establish national pilot bases for industrial AI applications. They also called for technology monitoring, risk-warning and emergency-response systems to ensure AI remains &quot;safe, reliable and controllable&quot;.

Read More: Anthropic bans &#39;cruel&#39; behaviour against its Claude AI

China will fully implement its &quot;AI Plus&quot; initiative, using AI to upgrade traditional industries and accelerate the rollout of intelligent products, including connected new-energy vehicles, AI-enabled phones and computers, and humanoid robots, the document said.

The guidelines also pledged to strengthen &quot;original and disruptive&quot; innovation in core technologies and to use China&#39;s state-led &quot;new nationwide system&quot; to speed the development and deployment of landmark products.

At the same time, officials were told to prioritise the real economy and avoid bubbles, industrial hollowing-out, blind investment and &quot;swarm-like&quot; rushes into high-tech sectors.

China will &quot;strictly prohibit the illegal or improper abuse of policies in the name of developing new productive forces&quot;, the guidelines said, adding that officials responsible for major losses caused by blind investment would be held accountable.

The document also called for the healthy and orderly development of the low-altitude economy &mdash; businesses built around civilian drones, air taxis, small aircraft and related services &mdash; while ensuring safety.]]>
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			<title>Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo programme, dead at 90</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2633888/margaret-hamilton-scientist-who-worked-on-nasas-apollo-programme-dead-at-90</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 26 10:53:24 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Computing pioneer was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by Obama, published over 130 papers]]>
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				<![CDATA[American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA&#39;s Apollo lunar programme, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday.

In a statement, the Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a &quot;computing pioneer&quot; and said she died on September 30.



We&rsquo;ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: https://t.co/ODkbdIsoHw pic.twitter.com/M2xauYYUkU
&mdash; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) October 7, 2026



&quot;To say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer &mdash;&nbsp;to say she was ahead of her time &mdash; would be a dramatic understatement,&quot; said Olivier de Weck, the Apollo Programme Professor and interim head of the MIT Department Aeronautics and Astronautics.

&quot;She was a software engineer at a time when that field was in its infancy, and she not only developed advanced code herself but also led a team in using that nascent technology to develop one of the most complex systems humanity had ever achieved,&quot; Weck added.

The famed Apollo programme allowed the United States to beat the Soviet Union in the race to become the first humans to land on the Moon.

NASA chief Jared Isaacmen paid tribute on X, calling Hamilton &quot;a pioneer whose work helped make Apollo and humanity&#39;s first journeys to the moon possible.&quot;



Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer whose work helped make Apollo and humanity&rsquo;s first journeys to the Moon possible. The best way to honor her legacy is to finally pick up where her generation left off and never stop going. https://t.co/SZ16EX5GcK
&mdash; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) October 8, 2026



Born in Indiana in 1936, Hamilton studied mathematics before moving to Boston, Massachussetts with her husband in 1959. She found employment at MIT, working in meteorology before she joined a lab in 1965 that was seeking people to develop software to &quot;send a man to the Moon.&quot;

Hamilton &quot;was hired as the first programmer for the Apollo project at MIT, as well as the first female programmer in the project,&quot; the university said. &quot;By 1968, she was assistant director in charge of (Apollo&#39;s) Command and Service Module team, and more than 400 people were working on Apollo&#39;s software,&quot; MIT said.

Hamilton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former president Barack Obama in 2016 for her achievements.

Read:&nbsp;Trump signs order to create a US Space Academy

In 2009, Hamilton told MIT News: &quot;There was no second chance. We knew that. We took our work seriously, many of us beginning this journey while still in our 20s.&quot;

&quot;Coming up with solutions and new ideas was an adventure. Dedication and commitment were a given. Mutual respect was across the board. Because software was a mystery, a black box, upper management gave us total freedom and trust,&quot; Hamilton added. &quot;Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers,&quot; she said.

Hamilton went on to publish more than 130 papers, and started her own software companies Higher Order Software and Hamilton Technologies.]]>
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			<title>Amazon launches first Android tablets, raising prices and incorporating Alexa</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 26 16:00:28 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[New tablets will cost up to $550, far above Amazon's previous top-end Fire HD 10 price of $180]]>
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				<![CDATA[Amazon on Thursday unveiled a slate of higher-end tablets that for ​the first time feature its Alexa+ voice assistant and run on Google&#39;s Android operating system, a bet that consumers will pay &zwnj;more for premium devices after years of focusing on the budget end of the market.

Seattle-based Amazon had been working on the tablets under the code name Kittyhawk, as Reuters reported exclusively last year, to transition away from its more limited homegrown Fire OS operating system software, after years of gripes from consumers and app developers. Fire OS is a &ldquo;forked&rdquo; version ​of Android, with modifications to make it work like a unique operating system.

Known as Alexa Tablets, the line features several different versions with ​starting prices from $230 to $500; all are made with aluminum cases, a switch from Fire tablets&rsquo; plastic.

The new tablets ⁠will cost as much as $550, a big bump from Amazon&rsquo;s more recent top-of-the-line Fire HD 10 tablet which cost upwards of $180, though the company often ​discounted them.

The top Alexa tablet, with 128 gigabytes of memory, for $550 compares with an Apple iPad for $450 and Samsung&#39;s Galaxy tablet for $550.

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The product revamp marks a ​new strategy under devices chief Panos Panay to move upscale and away from the inexpensive gadgets Amazon sold at or near cost to hook customers into using Prime Video, Kindle, music apps and the main e-commerce website. That focus on affordability came with compromises, like lower screen quality and battery life, compared with rivals Apple and Samsung and others.

Alexa+, an ​advanced AI-powered version of the Alexa voice assistant, will feature prominently on the devices to help perform actions or answer questions using generative AI. Accessing Alexa+ ​on the tablets will require a Prime membership or Alexa+ subscription, Amazon said.

Amazon is pushing the pricier devices as worldwide tablet sales are falling, down 12% in the second &zwnj;quarter from ⁠the year before to 33.6 million units, according to IDC data. The US market, which has been especially hurt by a shortage of memory chips, saw sales plunge 32% in the second quarter year over year, IDC data showed.

The Seattle company held just 1.9% of the global tablet market in this year&rsquo;s second quarter, down from 8% a year earlier, according to IDC. Apple is the leader with 34%, followed by Samsung at 17.5%.

The tablet prices do not include ​a one-time fee customers have to pay ​to turn off advertising displayed ⁠on the lockscreen, though the highest-priced Alexa Tablet will not have the ads. It will require a one-time $20 fee to eliminate the ads, up from $15 for Fire OS tablets, a spokesperson said. Such ads help users &ldquo;discover new content that&rsquo;s relevant ​to their interests&rdquo; and the revenue helps underwrite other innovations, the spokesperson said.

Upgrade from Fire OS

With Android, Alexa ​Tablet customers won&rsquo;t be ⁠limited to the apps offered in the Fire OS app store, disdained by developers who had to make a third version of apps offered in the Google Play and Apple stores. And the built-in Alexa+ voice AI assistant helps to differentiate the tablets from others.

Amazon has spent billions overhauling Alexa to power it with generative ⁠AI and ​make it more capable for connected homes, shopping and accessing third-party services like Uber and Grubhub. ​The service, free with a Prime membership, is unprofitable.

Prior Fire OS tablets will still work, said the spokesperson, but she did not say whether Amazon will continue to maintain the operating system or ​app store. Earlier this year Amazon cut off support for older Kindle models, citing software maintenance costs as a reason.]]>
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			<title>Alien 'phoenix planet' was born from the ashes of a dying star</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 26 14:25:03 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Researchers say the exoplanet formed from material expelled by a dying star and now orbits its white dwarf remnant]]>
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				<![CDATA[In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now found a world that rightly can be called a phoenix planet.

Researchers said this exoplanet, as planets beyond our solar system are called, appears to have been born from material expelled into space during the death throes of a star a bit bigger than the sun, and now orbits the highly compact stellar remnant that was left behind, called a white dwarf.

It is classified as a second-generation planet, meaning it did not form from the swirling disk of material surrounding a newborn star, as Earth and other first-generation planets did, but rather from the leftovers of a doomed star.

&quot;This is the first example of a planet forming around a white dwarf,&quot; said Jamie Williams, a doctoral student in astrophysics at the University of Warwick in England and lead author of the study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy.

The white dwarf is located about 250 light-years from Earth, near the constellation Cetus. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).

The planet is a gas giant perhaps slightly more massive than Jupiter, our solar system&#39;s largest planet. It orbits the white dwarf every 4.4 days at only 4% the distance between Earth and the sun.

It is so close that the blazingly hot white dwarf&#39;s extreme ultraviolet radiation is causing the planet&#39;s outer atmosphere to evaporate, with a portion then falling into the white dwarf.

The planet&#39;s chemical pattern points to its second-generation origin. It is rich in niobium, copper and zinc, the type of elements that certain dying stars cast off when they expand in their death throes, indicating the planet formed from a disk of this expelled material that surrounded the stellar corpse.

&quot;In myths, a phoenix is born again from its own ashes. In the case of this planet, it is born again from the ashes of its dying host star, and therefore the planetary system is reborn. A second-generation planet is defined as one born after its host star dies - in this case after it has become a white dwarf,&quot; Williams said.

Read More: Chinese rocket firm, disease research lab to test space pharmaceutical payloads

The researchers used data from the orbiting Hubble, TESS and FUSE telescopes, and hope to use the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm their conclusions.

A small number of potential second-generation planets previously have been identified orbiting pulsars, a rare type of neutron star, another type of stellar remnant.

&quot;White dwarfs are much more common than pulsars, and over 95% of stars in the Milky Way will evolve to become a white dwarf. Therefore, there would be many more second-generation planets around white dwarfs than around pulsars,&quot; Williams said.

While the newly discovered planet would be inhospitable for life, another second-generation planet potentially could be habitable.

&quot;If a gas giant formed around a white dwarf, then a rocky planet could form, too. White dwarfs cool predictably over time and as they get cooler, their cooling slows. So if a second-generation rocky planet formed close enough to the white dwarf then it could remain in the habitable zone for billions of years,&quot; Williams said.

A red dwarf and a brown dwarf 

A second study published in the same journal describes another exotic celestial phenomenon roughly 300 to 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.

Researchers used the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory in California to discover a red dwarf star about 8% of the mass of the sun in a tight orbit with a brown dwarf, an object too small to be a star and too big to be a planet.

The brown dwarf is about 30 times the mass of Jupiter and a third of the mass of the star.

These two companions orbit each other every 87 minutes at slightly more than half the distance between Earth and the moon, and the star&#39;s gravitational pull appears to be siphoning material from the brown dwarf.

The researchers detected a hot spot on the star&#39;s surface where this material appears to be landing.

&quot;This is the first observed example of this phenomenon,&quot; said Aaron Householder, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student in astrophysics and lead author of the study.

&quot;The two objects are so close together that the entire orbit would fit inside the sun,&quot; Householder said.]]>
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			<title>Kojima Productions comments on PlayStation relationship after PHYSINT split</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2630560/kojima-productions-comments-on-playstation-relationship-after-physint-split</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 26 11:10:47 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Kojima Productions says its relationship with PlayStation remains strong after Sony left PHYSINT]]>
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				<![CDATA[Kojima Productions has addressed speculation surrounding Sony&rsquo;s decision to end its involvement with PHYSINT, saying its relationship with PlayStation &ldquo;remains strong&rdquo; as development continues with Xbox.

Sony announced on September 10 that it was stepping away from the action-espionage game, first announced alongside Kojima Productions in 2024.

Hideo Kojima later revealed that PlayStation Studios had informed the developer in mid-June that it planned to cancel the project.

Kojima Productions spent around three months looking for another publishing partner before reaching an agreement with Xbox.

Reports following the announcement claimed Sony had concerns about PHYSINT&rsquo;s budget, missed deadlines, potential profitability and its lack of permanent PlayStation exclusivity. Reports also cited the commercial performance of Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2 as a factor in Sony&rsquo;s decision.

Kojima Productions said those claims did not come from official or on-the-record sources.

&ldquo;Normally, we would not comment on unsubstantiated speculation on the internet, but these aspersions around our relationship with PlayStation, the commercial performance of the DEATH STRANDING franchise, and the broader production planning and investment for PHYSINT, have reached beyond the studio and have touched our fans, our creative partners, and colleagues we have worked alongside with for three decades,&rdquo; the studio said.

It added: &ldquo;None of the claims written came from any official or on-the-record source, and as such we encourage you to take them with a dose of scepticism.&rdquo;

The developer acknowledged that losing PlayStation as PHYSINT&rsquo;s publisher was a &ldquo;serious situation&rdquo; but said it remains profitable.

&ldquo;The studio is in a healthy, profitable state, development for PHYSINT continues to move forward with XBOX, and our relationship with PlayStation remains strong.&rdquo;

Kojima also said he was &ldquo;shocked and surprised&rdquo; by Sony&rsquo;s decision but confirmed there was no ongoing dispute: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not in dispute. We&rsquo;re not fighting with them.&rdquo;



You may have seen a recent article that mentions KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, speculating on the reasons for the change in publishing partners for PHYSINT.

Normally, we would not comment on unsubstantiated speculation on the internet, but these aspersions around our relationship with&hellip; pic.twitter.com/UUjSbqziAF
&mdash; KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) September 20, 2026



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			<title>Hideo Kojima moves Physint publishing from PlayStation to Xbox</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 26 13:48:16 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hideo Kojima’s Physint is moving from PlayStation to Xbox, with partnership also expanding into film and TV]]>
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				<![CDATA[Hideo Kojima&rsquo;s upcoming action-espionage game Physint has moved from PlayStation to Xbox after PlayStation Studios cancelled its collaboration with Kojima Productions on the project.

Xbox announced the expanded partnership with Kojima Productions on Wednesday, confirming that Microsoft will publish Physint.

The agreement will also extend beyond games, with Xbox and Kojima Productions planning to collaborate on film and television projects.

Kojima said PlayStation notified the studio in mid-June that it would cancel Physint. He said Kojima Productions spent the following three months looking for a new publishing partner before reaching an agreement with Xbox.

&ldquo;As confirmed earlier through our official channels, in mid-June of this year, we unexpectedly received notice from PlayStation Studios that they would cancel the PHYSINT project,&rdquo; Kojima wrote.

&ldquo;PHYSINT is an important project both to me personally and to KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS. Determined to keep the project alive, we have spent the last three months searching tirelessly for a new partner.&rdquo;

He added, &ldquo;Please rest assured that development of PHYSINT, our genre-defining action-espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward.&rdquo;

PlayStation said it remained supportive of Kojima and his studio despite ending the collaboration.

&ldquo;After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on its project PHYSINT. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima&rsquo;s vision for the game.&rdquo;

Xbox is already set to publish Kojima Productions&rsquo; OD, a horror game made with Jordan Peele, although it does not yet have a release date. Physint will follow OD as Kojima&rsquo;s next project.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the company was &ldquo;honored that Kojima-san has chosen Xbox to work with Kojima Productions on &lsquo;Physint.&rsquo;&rdquo;]]>
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			<title>Saudi-led consortium finalises $55b acquisition of gaming giant EA</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 26 14:05:03 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Saudi Arabia has steadily expanded its investments in the global gaming industry as part of its Vision 2030 strategy]]>
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				<![CDATA[A Saudi-led investment group on Wednesday finalised the $55 billion acquisition of American video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), according to official statements and industry reports.

The deal, which takes the publisher of major franchises such as EA Sports FC, The Sims, and Mass Effect private, marks the largest leveraged buyout in corporate history and the second-largest acquisition in gaming history, behind Microsoft&#39;s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Under the terms of the transaction, the acquiring consortium, led by Saudi Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund (PIF) alongside Affinity Partners, provided $36 billion in equity and secured $20 billion in debt financing from JPMorgan to complete the acquisition.

The investor group, which includes Affinity Partners, the private equity firm founded by President Donald Trump&#39;s son-in-law Jared Kushner, will take EA private by acquiring all outstanding publicly traded shares, ending the company&#39;s stock market listing.



EA has officially completed its $55 billion acquisition to an investor group comprised of Saudia Arabia&#39;s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. https://t.co/qLZEfPMAPo pic.twitter.com/1EsrMWDluI
&mdash; IGN (@IGN) August 4, 2026


EA Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson, who will retain his position following the privatisation, said the company plans to &quot;create transformative experiences to inspire generations to come&quot; under the new ownership structure.

The transaction has drawn scrutiny from industry analysts and advocacy groups over the potential impact of heavy debt servicing on EA&#39;s operational strategy, as well as concerns about creative freedom and content moderation across the company&#39;s major game franchises.

READ: Saudi Arabia emerging as global eSports dynamo

Controlled by the Saudi government, the $514 billion PIF has expanded its presence in sports and entertainment in recent years, including through the acquisition of Premier League football club Newcastle United and by hosting international e-sports competitions.

Saudi Arabia has steadily expanded its investments in the global gaming industry as part of its Vision 2030 strategy to diversify the economy beyond oil.

READ MORE: Vision 2030: how far has Saudi Arabia come?

PIF already holds stakes in several major gaming companies, including Nintendo and Capcom, and has invested in e-sports, game publishing and international gaming events as it seeks to position the kingdom as a global gaming hub.

Electronic Arts&#39; net revenue totalled $7.46 billion last year.]]>
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			<title>UK cinemas restricting Meta AI and other smart glasses over piracy concerns</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 26 18:21:01 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Meta smart glasses face scrutiny as courts in England and Wales ban their use over recording concerns]]>
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				<![CDATA[Cinema operators in Britain are introducing policies to prohibit ​or restrict camera-enabled smart glasses, including &zwnj;Meta&#39;s&nbsp;AI-powered eyewear, the UK Cinema Association said on Thursday, citing privacy and ​film piracy concerns.

The move follows ​growing scrutiny of smart glasses over ⁠their recording capabilities, with courts ​in England and Wales this month ​prohibiting Meta smart glasses because of restrictions on taking images and videos in courts.

Policies ​vary by venue, with operators ​introducing prohibitions and/or restrictions rather than a single &zwnj;industry-wide ⁠rule.

The UK Cinema Association said operators recognise smart glasses can provide benefits to those with specific access ​requirements.

The association ​said it ⁠would continue working with members to ensure their ​approach &quot;remains relevant and proportionate.&quot;

Elsewhere, a ​German ⁠advocacy group earlier in August said it had filed a&nbsp;criminal complaint&nbsp;against ⁠Meta ​and others involved in ​selling the Meta devices, citing privacy laws.]]>
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			<title>Meta expands generative AI tools with Muse Image rollout</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 26 18:28:27 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Meta said Muse Image can interpret prompts, use photos as inputs and edit AI-generated images through sketches]]>
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				<![CDATA[Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it is rolling out Muse Image, its first image-generation model from ​Meta Superintelligence Labs, as the Facebook owner &zwnj;expands generative AI tools across its apps.

The company said Muse Image, which is integrated into its Meta AI chatbot, can ​interpret complex prompts, use photos as inputs and ​let users edit generated images directly through ⁠sketches or annotations.

Meta said its Muse Image model will power more than 30 new AI effects for Instagram Stories and enable image generation in direct chats with Meta AI on WhatsApp, initially in select countries.

Read More: Meta&#39;s Zuckerberg says AI agent tech progressing slower than expected

The company plans to expand Muse Image to more markets and integrate the technology into Facebook and Messenger.

While basic use of Muse Image through Meta AI will remain free, additional image creation capabilities will be offered through Meta&rsquo;s subscription plans.

In April, Meta launched Muse Spark, the first text-and-reasoning AI model developed by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, which was assembled last year as the company sought to compete with rivals in the artificial intelligence race.

Advanced AI models are driving the current AI boom, powering autonomous tasks such as software development, content generation and customer support operations.

Meta also announced an early preview of Muse Video, its AI model designed to generate videos.]]>
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			<title>Apple plans affordable iPhone 17e with upgraded chip</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 26 05:58:33 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[It is also expected to include Apple’s in-house cellular, Wi-Fi chips]]>
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				<![CDATA[Apple is preparing to introduce a more affordable version of the iPhone 17 alongside an upgraded version of its Siri voice assistant, according to a recent report by Bloomberg.

The company is planning to launch the iPhone 17e, which will follow last year&rsquo;s iPhone 16e &mdash; a lower-priced model that used older hardware to reduce costs.

According to Bloomberg, the new iPhone 17e will feature a more powerful processor, matching that of the standard iPhone 17. It is also expected to include Apple&rsquo;s in-house cellular and Wi-Fi chips.

The report adds that, for the first time, a lower-priced iPhone model will support wireless MagSafe charging.

Despite the upgrades, the device is expected to retain its price tag of $599 or &pound;599, with no increase anticipated.

Read:&nbsp;Everything Apple announced at its September 2025 iPhone 17 keynote event

Earlier on September 9, 2025,&nbsp;Apple unveiled its latest products during the highly anticipated iPhone 17.

They introduced the iPhone 17 lineup, a new ultra-slim model called the iPhone Air, updated Apple Watches, and the long-awaited AirPods Pro 3.

The highlight was the iPhone Air, Apple&rsquo;s thinnest iPhone ever, at just 5.6mm. Positioned as part of a multi-year redesign strategy, the Air aims to redefine Apple&rsquo;s smartphone form factor. Alongside it, the standard iPhone 17 iPhone 17 Pro and iphone 17 Pro Max also made their debut with upgraded cameras and design refinements.

On the wearable front, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 11, featuring 5G connectivity, improved durability, and new health-monitoring capabilities, including hypertension alerts. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 introduced satellite connectivity, a larger edge-to-edge display, and up to 42 hours of battery life.

Meanwhile, the entry-level Apple Watch SE 3 received upgrades including an always-on display, the faster S10 processor, sleep apnea detection, and 5G support, starting at $249.

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			<title>WhatsApp rolls out fun filters and backgrounds for video calls</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 24 06:55:50 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[These new features are expected to be available to all WhatsApp users in the coming weeks.]]>
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				<![CDATA[WhatsApp is rolling out new features designed to make video calls more engaging and fun. The messaging app has introduced filters and backgrounds, allowing users to add a personal touch to their video calls, whether it&#39;s a one-on-one conversation or a group call.

Although these features are already available on competitor apps like Zoom, WhatsApp is bringing them to an app primarily used for social, rather than work-related, calls.

Similar to Instagram&#39;s filters (also owned by Meta), WhatsApp&rsquo;s filters allow users to adjust the look of their video during a call.

This means there&rsquo;s no need to worry about tidying up your space or arranging a backdrop to impress&mdash;users can simply select a background that hides any mess or distraction, making it easier to focus on the conversation.

With 10 backgrounds available, users can choose from options like Blur, Office, Living Room, Caf&eacute;, Beach, Sunset, Pebbles, Foodie, Celebration, Forest, and the quirky Smoosh.

These backgrounds give users the flexibility to transform their environment instantly, hiding clutter or adding a polished touch to their surroundings.

In addition, there are 10 filter options, including Warm, Cool, Black &amp; White, and Vintage TV, providing a playful way to change the atmosphere of your video.

WhatsApp has also introduced Touch up and Low Light features, which &ldquo;can help you feel more confident and comfortable by naturally enhancing the look and brightness of your environment, making your video calls more vibrant and enjoyable,&rdquo; according to the announcement.

To access these effects, users can simply tap the effects icon during a video call and choose from the available options.

These new features are expected to be available to all WhatsApp users in the coming weeks, further enhancing the video call experience.]]>
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			<title>Meta bans Russian state media outlets over 'foreign interference'</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 24 08:50:46 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Meta accuses outlets RT and Rossiya Segodnya of employing tactics to manipulate public opinion and evade detection]]>
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				<![CDATA[Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, announced a global ban on Russian state media outlets, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya.

This decision is part of an intensified crackdown on alleged foreign interference, with Meta accusing these outlets of employing deceptive tactics to manipulate public opinion and evade detection.

The ban follows recent US actions, including money-laundering charges against two RT employees who allegedly orchestrated a scheme to influence the 2024 election.

According to Meta, Russian state-controlled media have previously attempted to evade detection through covert activities, prompting the company to take more stringent measures.

Meta&#39;s move marks a significant escalation in its approach to Russian state media, which had previously faced only limited restrictions, such as ad bans and reduced post visibility.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for treating Russian media operations as covert intelligence activities, reinforcing the government&#39;s stance on combating foreign influence.

He recently announced new sanctions against RT, labeling it as an extension of Russian intelligence operations aimed at undermining democratic processes.

RT has dismissed these accusations, labeling them as attempts to stifle its journalistic activities.

In response to Meta&#39;s ban, RT&#39;s spokesperson denounced the actions as unfounded and politically motivated.

The ban on these Russian media outlets is expected to be enforced over the coming days.

Meta has also been censoring Palestinian creators and activists during Israel&#39;s brutal onslaught on besieged Gaza.

The social media company was recently found censoring posts made by the Prime Minister of Malaysia,&nbsp;several Turkish government officials along with journliats and activitsts. Some of these take downs were attributed to glitches, which coinidently were always targeted pro-Palestinian voices in favour of Israel.

A Human Rights Watch report last year revealed that Meta&rsquo;s policies and practices have been suppressing voices advocating for Palestine and Palestinian human rights on Instagram and Facebook.&nbsp;]]>
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			<title>Meet Noor Pakistan: The multilingual chatbot ready to assist at the defence exhibition</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 24 12:02:30 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Around 40 mobile chatbot robots offering support in 25 different languages are being prepared for the IDEAS exhibition]]>
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				<![CDATA[Chatbots, created by engineering universities in Pakistan, will now be able to&nbsp;assist and guide international delegates at a defence exhibition taking place this November.

The AI-powered chatbot project is a collaborative effort between Dawood University of Engineering and Ziauddin University, and it has been named &ldquo;Noor Pakistan.&rdquo;

The Noor Pakistan robot, designed to assist delegates at major national events in Pakistan, is being led by Dr. Samreen, Vice Chancellor of Dawood University of Engineering.

The team developing the chatbot is guided by Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Nafeh from the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Ziauddin University.

The student team includes Sharif Khan, Zoha, Mohammad Saeed, and others.

Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Nafeh, speaking about the project, explained that the goal is to create a bot capable of generating its own responses about major events. This bot was first unveiled at the IEEEP exhibition.

This bot will be officially presented at the IDEAS 2024 defence exhibition in November. Noor Pakistan, equipped with artificial intelligence, will function like a brain, capable of understanding and responding in multiple languages.

The chatbot will be designed in the form of a robot to provide on-the-go assistance and guidance to delegates.

For the IDEAS exhibition, around 40 mobile chatbot robots will be prepared, offering support in 25 different languages. In addition to answering questions about the IDEAS exhibition, they will guide delegates to specific halls or stalls.]]>
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			<title>China's DeepSeek considers new fundraising after first round, FT reports</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 26 13:06:06 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The company began talks with new investors on a funding round that could value it at about $71 billion]]>
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				<![CDATA[Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is weighing raising new funds one month after ​closing its first round, the Financial &zwnj;Times reported on Tuesday.

The company started preliminary talks this week with new investors about opening ​another round that would value the ​company at about $71 billion before the deal, ⁠according to the report.

DeepSeek did not ​immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read More: AI firms&#39; mass purchase, destruction of books for model training fuels copyright debate

DeepSeek, ​China&#39;s best-known AI startup, completed its first-ever round of financing around the end of May, which ​raised about $7 billion at a valuation ​of $52 billion, including the raised funds, the FT added.

DeepSeek did not ​immediately respond to a request for comment.

DeepSeek, ​China&#39;s best-known AI startup, completed its first-ever round of financing around the end of May, which ​raised about $7 billion at a valuation ​of $52 billion, including the raised funds, the FT added.]]>
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			<title>From shampoo to cookies, consumer products get an AI makeover</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 26 14:37:32 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Nestle, Haleon and Mondelez use AI to speed product innovation, recipe design and supply chain planning]]>
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				<![CDATA[French cosmetics company L&#39;Oreal&nbsp;has used AI to identify molecules in its &zwnj;skincare products that can be repurposed for use in shampoo and can now create products four times faster than before, a senior executive told Reuters.

Consumer companies, including Nescafe owner Nestle&nbsp;,Sensodyne toothpaste maker Haleon&nbsp;and chocolate maker Mondelez&nbsp;, are using ​AI in product innovation, helping them in some cases test ingredients faster, generate recipe ideas ​and address supply chain vulnerabilities, executives said.

The push to integrate AI into product development ⁠comes as consumer goods companies face pressure to innovate faster and cut costs amid shifting consumer tastes.

​L&#39;Oreal, which started using AI in its labs four years ago, has identified new molecules for beauty products ​by predicting the effect they will have on skin and hair, said Fabrice Megarbane, president of its consumer products unit.

L&#39;Oreal&#39;s recent innovation was repurposing molecules used in skincare products for a shampoo that uses collagen to add lift and fullness ​to hair, Megarbane said.

&quot;You can really go much faster by imagining ... new associations of molecules and new ​benefits of molecules,&quot; Megarbane said at the Consumer Goods Forum&#39;s Global Summit in Vienna in late June.

Read More: Indian IT firms face muted Q1 as AI shift, weak demand weigh

L&#39;Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus &zwnj;launched ⁠a &quot;beauty stimulus plan&quot; last year to spur innovation after L&#39;Oreal posted its slowest group sales growth in years.

AI compressing product development 

Human product innovation augmented by AI is a &quot;game-changer&quot; at chocolate maker Mondelez, Chief Information and Digital Officer Filippo Catalano told Reuters.

The technology has helped the Cadbury and Toblerone owner speed up processes and ​reimagine recipes. The firm ​said AI can create ⁠recipes, including &quot;out-of-the-box&quot; ideas, which a human expert assesses.

&quot;You can optimise how you develop your recipes,&quot; Catalano said, pointing to the possibility for reduced dependency on single ​sourcing in supply chains and the ability to adapt formulas to respond to ​changing consumer tastes.

Mondelez&#39;s ⁠AI tool is reducing the number of samples typically generated through innovation, he said. It helped develop its Gluten Free Golden Oreo cookies and a refreshed recipe for Chips Ahoy cookies, the firm said. In the ⁠biscuit category, ​60% of recipes produced using its AI tool performed better ​in areas such as nutrition, sustainability and cost.

&quot;(AI capabilities are) accelerating things you could do already, but compressing the time from months ​to weeks or years to months,&quot; Catalano said.]]>
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			<title>Google appeals Indian ruling over its ads platform, citing consumer harm</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 26 14:09:36 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Delhi High Court ruled against Google in the case, ordering it to pay damages of $31,600 and other costs]]>
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				<![CDATA[&nbsp;Google&nbsp;has challenged an Indian ​court ruling that it infringed on a company&#39;s trademark rights by allowing rivals to use its &zwnj;name as an advertising keyword, arguing the decision will hurt consumers, documents reviewed by Reuters show.

The&nbsp;May decision&nbsp;could reshape the online ads market in a country where Google last year earned $4.1 billion in gross advertising revenue but where it is also facing a raft of ​antitrust cases and court battles.

The Delhi High Court ruled against Google in the ​case, ordering it to pay damages of $31,600 and other litigation costs.

In its 4,761-page challenge, which is not public but was reviewed by Reuters, Google said the decision makes India the &quot;sole outlier&quot; among global jurisdictions &quot;with serious consequences for the digital advertising industry, online consumer choice, ​and competitive markets.&quot;

Researchers have observed that consumers may search for a brand in order to identify and assess alternatives, ​Google wrote in the July 7 filing, arguing the ruling will effectively grant trademark owners a &quot;monopoly over advertising space to the detriment &zwnj;of consumers.&quot;

In ⁠a response to a Reuters request for comment, Google confirmed it is appealing the order, which it said &quot;diverges from established legal precedents in India&quot;. It added that its ads policies reflect standard practices that enable competition.

Read More: Meta to put AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacity, memo shows

Google India&#39;s appeal will be heard in the coming days.

Google selling something it doesn&rsquo;t own, judge says

If upheld, Indian lawyers and tech experts ​say the original ruling will ​have wide-ranging ramifications for how ⁠the online ads market operates.

Indian matchmaking service Shaadi.com, for example, said that it would change the economics of online ads for millions of businesses that were suffering when their ​competitors bid on their name and Google took a fee.

Justice Mini Pushkarna noted in ​the decision in ⁠May that Google could not be permitted to shrug off responsibility after making a tool available that leads to trademark infringement.

&quot;Google has attempted to sell something that it simply does not own,&quot; Pushkarna wrote.

Google&#39;s appeal rejects the position that it has ⁠infringed ​on trademarks, arguing that &quot;a keyword is merely used as an internal and ​backend trigger to display an ad&quot; and is simply &quot;making advertising space available&quot;.

Google also faces antitrust cases in India as well as legal challenges over&nbsp;AI ​training&nbsp;and stricter-than-ever&nbsp;content takedown regulations&nbsp;that began applying to tech companies from February.]]>
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			<title>Google loses fight against record €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2616097/google-loses-fight-against-record-41-billion-eu-antitrust-fine</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 26 11:33:47 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Google has racked up close to €11 billion in EU fines in the last decades for various antitrust infringements.]]>
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				<![CDATA[Alphabet&#39;s Google on Thursday lost its fight against a record fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators ​eight years ago for using its Android mobile operating system to &zwnj;block rivals, a court ruling likely to boost Europe&#39;s crackdown on Big Tech.

The European Commission had originally handed out a &euro;4.34 billion fine to Google in 2018 for its agreements, ​which forced phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search, the Chrome browser and ​the Google Play app store on their Android devices and ⁠prevented them from using rival Android systems.

A lower tribunal subsequently trimmed the fine ​to &euro;4.1 billion in 2022 after the world&#39;s most popular search engine challenged the ​EU penalty. Google then appealed to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union, Europe&#39;s highest.

The court sided with the EU antitrust enforcer.

&quot;The appeal brought by Google and its ​parent company Alphabet against the judgment of the General Court is dismissed, ​thereby confirming the penalty imposed for Google Search&#39;s abuse of a dominant position in the &zwnj;context of ⁠the Android operating system,&quot; judges said.

Read More: EU targets Amazon, Microsoft cloud units for Big Tech &#39;gatekeeper&#39; rules

A Google spokesperson said that the judgment failed to take into account its investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free.

&quot;In any event, we adapted our agreements to comply with the initial ​decision back in 2018 ​and we remain ⁠focused on continued innovation and openness for our users, partners and developers&quot;, Google said.

Google has racked up close to &euro;11 ​billion in EU fines in the last decades for various ​antitrust infringements.

It ⁠will likely see more fines in the near future for allegedly favouring its own services and products in search results and for practices related to its app ⁠store, ​both of which fall under the Digital Markets ​Act aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech.

The case is C-738/22 P Google and Alphabet ​v Commission.]]>
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			<title>Indonesia to restrict social media access for children under 16, minister says</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2596121/indonesia-to-restrict-social-media-access-for-children-under-16-minister-says</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 26 09:20:25 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[&quot;The process will be done gradually until all platforms perform their obligations&quot; said Indonesia's digital minister]]>
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				<![CDATA[Indonesia will restrict access to social media platforms for children under 16, its communications and digital ministry said on Friday, making it the latest country to install online guardrails to reduce the risks of addiction and cyberbullying.

A number of governments have imposed curbs on social media for children amid mounting concerns over the impact that social media is having on the safety and mental health of minors.

Australia introduced a ban on social media for under-16s in December, and Spain also said last month that it would ban access to social media for minors under 16.

Indonesia&#39;s neighbour Malaysiaannounced in November that it would also ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from 2026.

Meutya Hafid, Indonesia&#39;s Communications and Digital Minister, said in a video statement that the government will &quot;delay access&quot; to social media accounts for children under 16 through a ministerial regulation issued on Friday.

Starting March 28, accounts owned by children under 16 on &quot;high risk platforms&quot; will be gradually deactivated, Meutya said, adding the platforms include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Roblox.

&quot;The process will be done gradually until all platforms perform their obligations,&quot; she said, without elaborating on what they need to do to meet the new requirements.

&quot;We realise this may cause discomfort in the beginning. Children may complain and parents may be confused dealing with their complaints.&quot;

&quot;Our children are facing risks, from porn, cyberbullying, online fraud to most importantly, addiction,&quot; she said, adding Indonesia will be the first non-Western country to impose such restrictions.

TikTok, Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and Roblox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The details of the new regulation have yet to be revealed. Ministry officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Internet penetration in Indonesia, a country of about 280 million people, reached 79.5% in 2024, according to a survey of 8,700 people by the Indonesia internet service providers&#39; association.

The survey showed 48% of children under 12 had access to the internet, with some respondents of that age group using Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. The survey showed internet penetration stood at 87% among &quot;Gen Z&quot; users aged 12 to 27.]]>
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			<title>Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2614102/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 26 16:04:52 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said using AI risks young children skipping important steps in their education]]>
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				<![CDATA[Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use in the education of older children to prevent a negative impact on learning, the country&rsquo;s prime minister said on Friday.

Facing a broad decline in education test scores, the government in 2024 banned smartphones from schools and gave teachers more powers to enforce discipline in the classroom.

Using AI increases the risk that young children skip important steps in their education, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told a press conference.

&ldquo;The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, write and do mathematics,&rdquo; Store said, adding that the new standards will be imposed from the new school year beginning in late August.

Read More: The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs

Pupils from first through seventh grade (ages 6 to 13) should generally not use AI, while those in lower secondary school (ages 14 to 16) may cautiously adopt tools under teacher supervision, the government said.

In upper secondary education (ages 17 to 19), students should learn to use AI appropriately to prepare for further education and work, it added.

Norway began adopting computers in classrooms in the 1990s and tablets after the introduction of the iPad from 2010 onwards, reducing reliance on books and handwriting.

But in a related statement, the government also said it will propose legislation to fund more use of books in classrooms, reversing the trend towards computer tablets.

The Norwegian government in April also announced plans to ban children from using social media until age 16, following similar moves by Australia and other countries.]]>
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			<title>Meta offers support for AI models as Pakistan deepens digital push</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2555152/meta-offers-support-for-ai-models-as-pakistan-deepens-digital-push</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 25 11:23:48 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Meta presented its latest developments in AI, including LLaMA, generative AI tools, and Urdu-language AI models]]>
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				<![CDATA[Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, met with a high-level delegation from Meta, led by Sarim Aziz, Director of Public Policy for South and Central Asia, to discuss strengthening Pakistan&rsquo;s digital infrastructure, scaling artificial intelligence adoption, and empowering youth through technology.

Meta presented its latest developments in AI, including the LLaMA open-source models, Generative AI tools for public sector innovation, and work on Urdu-language AI models.

The company also expressed interest in helping Pakistan build local AI capacity and expanding technical training initiatives.

Shaza Fatima reiterated the government&#39;s full commitment to a digital Pakistan, emphasizing that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif personally chairs weekly meetings on the country&rsquo;s shift toward a cashless economy.

She stressed that digital skills for youth remain a top national priority, and that public-private partnerships like this are essential to unlocking the country&rsquo;s future potential.

&ldquo;The effective use of AI is not optional&mdash;it is foundational for Pakistan&rsquo;s next phase of development,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Initiatives that enhance youth capacity and improve public service delivery are not just welcome&mdash;they&rsquo;re necessary.&rdquo;

Both sides agreed to explore deeper collaboration in digital skilling, AI adoption in governance, and innovation-driven partnerships that can accelerate Pakistan&rsquo;s digital transformation.]]>
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			<title>Spain to probe X, Meta, TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2593046/spain-to-probe-x-meta-tiktok-over-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-material</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 26 09:05:05 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Announcement comes as European regulators are cracking down on big tech companies]]>
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				<![CDATA[The Spanish government has ordered prosecutors to investigate social media platforms X, Meta META.O and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.

The announcement comes as European regulators are cracking down on big tech companies, alleging the prevalence of abusive practices on online platforms ranging from anti-competitive behaviour in digital advertising to deliberate design of addictive features on social media.

The three companies named by Sanchez did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.

&quot;These platforms are undermining the mental health, dignity, and rights of our children,&quot; Sanchez wrote on his X account. &quot;The state cannot allow this. The impunity of these giants must end.&quot;

He said the government would ask prosecutors to &quot;investigate the crimes that X, Meta, and TikTok may be committing through the creation and dissemination of child pornography using their AI&quot;.

Read: France moves to ban social media for users under 15

Spain is not the only country probing sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk&#39;s xAI chatbot Grok on X - other governments have launched investigations, bans and demands for safeguards in a growing global push to curb illegal material.

Earlier this month, Sanchez announced several measures aimed at curbing online abuse and protecting children, including a proposed ban on access to social media platforms for those under the age of 16.

On the same day, French police raided the offices of Musk&#39;s X and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in a widening investigation amid growing scrutiny of the platform by authorities across Europe.

In November, Sanchez said that Spain&#39;s parliament would investigate Meta for possible privacy violations of its Facebook and Instagram users.

Meanwhile, Ireland&#39;s Data Protection Commission said on Tuesday it had opened a formal investigation into Grok over the processing of personal data and its potential to produce harmful sexualised images and video, including of children.]]>
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			<title>‘The Core’: Al Jazeera rolls out AI system for news production</title>
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				<![CDATA[Partnership aims to combine AI-driven content creation with human editorial expertise]]>
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				<![CDATA[Al Jazeera Media Network has announced&nbsp;a new ArtificiaI Intelligence&nbsp;initiative,&nbsp;developed in&nbsp;partnership with Google Cloud&nbsp;aimed at integrating AI more deeply into newsroom operations.

The project, named &ldquo;The Core,&rdquo; was announced on December 15 as an integrative AI‑driven model designed to AI&#39;s role in journalism from a passive tool to an active partner in news production, while retaining editorial control.





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Built on what Al Jazeera describes as a &ldquo;cognitive operating model,&rdquo; The Core embeds generative AI across multiple stages of the news lifecycle, including information gathering, data analysis, content creation and distribution, with human editors overseeing all editorial decisions.

According to Al Jazeera and Google Cloud, The Core integrates Google&rsquo;s AI suite across six interdependent pillars that form the system&rsquo;s backbone. These include:


	AJ Now: a central platform that assists with suggesting questions, generating angles and drafting summaries, which will use Google Cloud&#39;s compute engine, Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI Search and other generative tools.
	AJ‑LLM (Editorial Brain): a large language model (LLM) fine‑tuned on Al Jazeera&rsquo;s own archives to help with translation, summarisation and real‑time contextual analysis.
	AJ Vision: supports immersive content creation with generative AI tools, including Imagen, Veo, and others.
	AJ Data Lake: uses data analytics to uncover trends and support data‑driven reporting using BigQuery and Gemini Data Agents.
	Operations&nbsp;Engine: focused on automating internal workflows through Gemini for Workspace.
	Academic and Knowledge Arm: Offers training for journalists on advanced AI tools.


Some observers have raised questions about potential bias associated with the use of Google Cloud, citing the company&rsquo;s broader regional technology partnerships, including Project Nimbus. Al Jazeera has said the system&rsquo;s language model will be trained on its own editorial archives and remain under continuous human oversight, which it says will help mitigate such concerns.

Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani, director general of Al Jazeera Media Network, said the initiative reflected the organisation&rsquo;s ambition to build &ldquo;a global technological ecosystem&rdquo; that strengthens its position in the AI era, while preserving editorial judgment.

Alex Rutter, managing director for AI in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Google Cloud, said the initiative&rsquo;s tools were designed to reshape how journalists research, produce and publish news, as well as how audiences engage with it.

Under the expanded partnership, Al Jazeera will deploy Google Cloud&rsquo;s AI infrastructure and agent-based systems across its global operations. Both organisations stressed that editors and reporters would remain central to all editorial decisions, with AI serving a supporting role.

Details regarding data-centre locations, regional infrastructure and deployment timelines have not been publicly disclosed.]]>
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