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Pakistani student develops world’s largest Urdu AI model ‘Qalb’

Trained on 1.97 billion tokens, the LLM aims to bridge technological divide for 230 million Urdu speakers LAHORE: Pakistan’s own Urdu ChatGPT, “Qalb”, has officially been launched, marking a historic milestone in the country’s digital journey. Developed under the leadership of Taimoor Hassan, a Pakistani student studying in the United States, Qalb is now recognised … Read more

PTA introduces measures to prevent SIM blocking for overseas Pakistanis

Overseas Pakistanis can contact their respective mobile network operators to avail the facility The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday announced a new facility allowing overseas Pakistanis to retain their Pakistani mobile phone SIMs during extended stays abroad. In a statement, the PTA said expatriates would be able to maintain continuity of their mobile services, … Read more

OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT

Ads will initially appear in the US for free and lower-tier users, the company said The integration of advertising has been a key question for generative AI chatbots, with companies largely reluctant to interrupt the user experience with ads. PHOTO: PEXELS OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, … Read more

Cyber scammers run riot as members sound alarm in National Assembly

MNAs from across party lines call for urgent policy formulation to curb such crimes as scams take new forms Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, and PTI MNA Sheharyar Afridi address the National Assembly during a session on Friday. Photo: National Assembly/Facebook Members of the National Assembly on Friday … Read more