Pakistan and an international technology company have explored the potential of advancing digitalisation, promoting the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and enhancing cooperation in public sector innovation and capacity building.
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja held a meeting on Thursday with a high-level delegation from Meta, led by Sarim Aziz, Director of South and Central Asia Public Policy.
The minister highlighted the government's strong commitment to the Digital Pakistan vision, noting that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a weekly review meeting on national transition towards a cashless economy.
She reiterated that building a digitally empowered society was central to the prime minister's vision of Digital Pakistan, where emerging technologies play a pivotal role in governance, service delivery and economic transformation.
Meta's team briefed the minister on the company's latest developments in AI, including the LLaMA open-source models, generative AI applications for the public sector and progress on local language models including Urdu.
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