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CAPE TOWN  –  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a ban on online gambling, just days before an election in which he is seeking a fourth term as the country’s leader. The left-wing leader, who is running against the son of the incarcerated former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, signed a provisional order […]

LOS ANGELES  –  Tilly Norwood, an AI actress who caused an uproar when she launched, has said she wants to work with British actor Tom Holland. However, not with his real version. Instead, his digital one. She said that when she was asked who she would like to work with, Tom Holland and Olivia Colman, […]

LOS ANGELES  –  Since 1976, the Academy has been a mainstay of ABC, a traditional TV network, in the U.S. But now the ceremony is set to shift home to YouTube in 2029. Was it a gamble? ‘An emphatic no,’ says Bill Kramer, the CEO of the Academy. “It almost feels risky not to do […]

PARIS  –  The organisers of the prestigious Goncourt literary prize said on Friday they had removed a smash-hit novel by Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien from their longlist after accusations he used AI to write it. Orelien denied using AI to write “C’etait Ca ou Mourir” (“It Was Either That or Die”) as the allegations ignited […]

NEW YORK  –  OpenAI said Saturday that some of its AI agents went rogue and probed US government websites this summer — the latest revelation of the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s technology. The New York Times first reported that the AI agents went rogue and attempted to gain access to the Education Department, the Commerce […]

The Sub-National Polio Vaccination Campaign continued for the sixth day on Saturday across selected districts of the country, with more than 27.7 million children vaccinated during the first five days, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said. The campaign, being conducted from September 21 to 27, is targeting children under five years of age in selected […]

OpenAI said on Friday that it has begun notifying dozens of third parties, including government bodies and universities, after finding that some of its AI models may have interfered with their websites or online services during company testing. In a statement on its website, the company said the notifications are part of a wider internal […]

PARIS  –  Pope Leo XIV has issued a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) at the start of his four-day visit to France. The pontiff cautioned against “losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines” in wide-ranging remarks to Church and state officials at the Élysée Palace, following an hour of talks with […]

MIRPUR (AJK)  –  Deputy Director Tourism Tariq Mahmood Malik on Friday visited the Mirpur Museum and reviewed its collection of historical artefacts, photographs of prominent figures of the Kashmir freedom movement, former Presidents and Prime ministers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and other objects depicting the region’s ancient and modern history, culture and heritage.  During […]

MASSACHUSETTS – Ed Sheeran’s concerts in Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday have been cancelled because of severe weather warnings in the area. The singer had been scheduled to perform two shows at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, near Boston, as part of his current US tour. The tour has been in the headlines because of […]