<p>Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real</p><p>From apparently conspiring to steal elections to abusing staff or performing embarrassing dance moves, the last few years have seen plenty of fake content made about politicians intended to malign its targets and mislead the public.</p><p>Now EU rules aim to stem the flood of this deceptive content: starting from Sunday, artificially generated images, audi

<p>It happened on a hot July morning. With a group of researchers, I set out for a routine wildlife survey half an hour’s drive from Muzaffargarh, in the sprawling wetlands of South Punjab. The vital but fragile lowland ecosystem is made up of 18 interlinked saline and freshwater lakes, river floodplains, oxbow lakes, and seasonal marshes.</p> <p>Here, 45km west of Multan, the Indus River gets to catch its breath after cascading steep glaciers and alpine lakes. As its flow turns leisurely in t

<p>Stock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AI</p><p>Mark Zuckerberg’s media spree touting the positive effects of artificial intelligence did little to cushion the blow of Meta’s second-quarter earnings, which sent its stock tumbling on Wednesday.</p><p>In a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ai-future-is-for-everyone-a0c24e20">Wall Street Journal</a> op-ed published on Tuesday, the Meta chief executive expressed his

<p>The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company New York-based Modal Labs, according to a Modal executive and two other sources familiar with the matter.</p> <p>AI models that underpin tools like chatbots and image generators are known as agents when they act autonomously to carry out tasks in the real world.</p> <p>Modal executives emphasised that the company itself was not hacked.

<p>Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and the visiting foreign minister of Kuwait discussed regional security and steps to boost bilateral cooperation on Wednesday, the military’s media wing said.</p> <p>Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who landed in Pakistan last night on an official visit, called on the field marshal at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

<p>ISLAMABAD: After six years of deadlock, the government on Tuesday approved the Brownfield Refining Policy to modernise the country’s petroleum refineries, with an estimated investment of about $6bn, to improve product quality and increase production.</p> <p>The Brownfield Refining Policy is a regulatory framework aimed at upgrading existing oil refineries, modernising their operations and improving their financial viability.</p> <p>The policy — <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018968/p

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said the government was “confident” that trade between Pakistan and the United States could double to $20 billion over the next five years.</p> <p>Dar made the remarks while addressing a delegation of US congressmen and businessmen in Islamabad. The gathering included US congressmen Ryan Zinke and Michael James Baumgartner, who are on a visit to Pakistan.</p> <p>Addressing the event, Dar called strong and mutually beneficial

<p>A fresh spell of rainfall is expected in the country from July 29 to August 5, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said on Tuesday as several parts of the country reeled from a preceding spell and subsequent flooding.</p> <p>“Monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to penetrate upper and central parts of the country from July 29,” the Met Office said in its forecast, adding that a westerly wave currently affecting northern areas would likely strengthen

<p>Indian activists are challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the use of AI-powered surveillance at the largest youth protest in decades, with one court case set to become a test of federal powers even after agitation ended.</p> <p>The surveillance controversy erupted during last week’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2016990">student protests</a> over <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018272/betrayal-after-years-of-sacrifice-the-young-victims-of-indias-exam-leak-sc

<p>Visiting US congressmen acknowledged Pakistan’s “critical role” in regional stability during a meeting with Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday.</p> <p>According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing, the CDF met the two members of the US House of Representatives, Ryan Keith Zinke (Montana) and Michael James (Washington), at General Headquarters (GHQ).</