US firm proposes wealth fund, tax overhaul, 4-day week, grid expansion to address AI energy demand OpenAI has grown rapidly to more than 800 million people using its services weekly since its 2022 launch. PHOTO: REUTERS OpenAI on Monday called for sweeping reforms to address the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, including a public wealth…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah shared on Sunday that 2,179 people were diagnosed with coronavirus overnight, of the total 9,244 samples tested on the day. Shah added that 435,393 samples have been tested to date in Sindh, of which 80,446 have been positive, which constituted around 18.4 per cent of the…
SYDNEY: The New Zealand Olympic Committee on Friday acknowledged the amount of work that went into developing the new Olympic policy on the protection of the female category in elite sport and said it would apply it with “respect and care”. The policy, unveiled by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, introduces gene testing which…
Javed Badar apologizes to Nawaz Sharif for past ‘slanders’ and ‘mistakes’ during his PTI tenure PAKISTAN: Javed Badar, the former media coordinator for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has apologised to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif for spreading “false narratives and slanderous accusations” during his time with the Imran Khan-led party. In an open letter, Badar…
Study of 47,513 women links higher caffeine intake, especially from coffee, to better odds of healthy aging. Listen to article A recent study from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) explored the relationship between caffeine consumption in midlife and the likelihood of healthy aging (HA) in women during older adulthood. The study, involving 47,513 women with data collected since…
Academic community denounces the order as impractical, regressive, and damaging to academic freedom PESHAWAR: Universities and colleges are supposed to be safe spaces for students—but a recent move by authorities has upended that expectation. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Higher Education Department has sparked outrage by banning male teachers from holding one-on-one meetings with female students…
Says Pakistan’s clear capability to fulfil commitments reinforce mutual trust rather than any strain Pakistan-UAE flags. Photo: File The reimbursement of matured long-term foreign deposits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reflects Pakistan’s improving external liquidity position, economic stability, and enhanced policy credibility, besides the capacity to honour its international obligations without compromising macroeconomic fundamentals,…
White paper frames national control of AI as key to security, governance and economic development BEIJING: The Pakistani Embassy in China joined the launch of a sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) white paper at the Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing on Friday, alongside partners from China, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Kazakhstan. The document defines sovereign…
The 50-year-old escaped injury but was detained after his vehicle clipped a truck American golfer Tiger Woods. PHOTO: REUTERS MIAMI: Tiger Woods was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Friday after a rollover crash near his Florida home, authorities said, as the 15-time major champion’s golf career veered into fresh turmoil. Woods, 50,…
BJP accuses US State Department, ‘deep state’ of destabilising India over Adani, Modi ties. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 9, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS INDIA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the US State Department and “deep…