Social media is being flooded by digitally created “deepfake” videos using the trusted identities of famous doctors to promote dangerous miracle cures for serious health problems, experts warn. Videos on…
Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI…
After her demise, the then President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain stated that “Dr. Pfau’s services to end leprosy in Pakistan can never be forgotten. She left her homeland and made Pakistan her…
Dr Ruth Pfau was, no doubt, a legendary figure who through her lifelong struggle and determination helped to completely eliminate leprosy from our beloved country. A German-born nun and doctor,…
The white in the flag may acquire greater meaning as Pakistan turns seventy. Let’s not lose Dr Ruth Pfau’s legacy. Let’s make a new beginning where she left off. The…
On December 10, as the world commemorates Human Rights Day, Pakistan finds itself at the intersection of two critical anniversaries: the celebration of universal human rights and the ongoing battle…
AS Pakistan embraces the digital age, women face a troubling new reality: technology-facilitated violence. Digital platforms, intended to open opportunities in education, employment, and civic engagement, have also become instruments…
When we think of AI dangers, we often imagine dystopian scenarios like The Matrix or Terminator, where rogue machines rebel. But the real threat may lie not in physical destruction,…
THE recent, turbulent political and economic events are manifestations of Pakistan’s once-in-a-generation polycrisis — multiple crises overlapped, reinforcing each other and almost snowballing out of control. If such crises are…
AN important global debate is underway about the disruptive impact of new technology. There is no doubt modern technology has been a force for good and responsible for innumerable positive…
