Thursday, January 1, 2026

New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training

John Carreyrou, along with five other writers, filed a lawsuit in California federal court, accusing AI firms of using their books without permission to train LLM powering chatbots

Pakistan’s IT exports rise 14% in November to $356 million, five-month total hits $1.8 billion

SBP’s higher retention limit and overseas equity investment facility support inflows; government targets $5bn IT exports in FY26

OpenAI warns upcoming AI models may pose “high” cybersecurity risk

Company says future models could generate zero-day remote exploits against well-defended systems or aid sophisticated intrusions targeting critical systems

AI spending spree drives global tech debt issuance to record high

Global tech companies issued $428.3 billion in bonds in 2025; U.S. firms lead with $341.8 billion, followed by Europe ($49.1 billion) and Asia ($33 billion), says Dealogic

Govt forms national committee to strengthen information and communication security framework

NCICS to assess cyber vulnerabilities across ministries, critical sectors, and foreign missions; Cabinet Division to serve as secretariat

Turkish fintech unicorn Papara set to acquire SadaPay in possible $50mn deal

Papara commits to invest $10mn further to solidify SadaPay’s position as banking challenger

Pakistan re-elected to ITU’s Administrative Council

The re-election is a recognition of the contribution that Pakistan has made in global ICT policy arena ISLAMABAD: Pakistan won a four-year term (2018-2022) for...

Experts project 7–12% GDP growth, 1 million jobs from Pakistan’s new AI policy by 2030

Speakers at PIDE seminar discuss opportunities, challenges, and the way forward for AI's role in Pakistan’s economy

Twitter (X) restored in Pakistan after year-long ban, PTA confirms

PTA announces that users can now access the platform without the use of VPNs

Cybercrime surges 35% in Pakistan amid rising WhatsApp hacking and digital fraud cases

NCCIA official says most attacks originate from South Punjab; over 73,000 complaints filed nationwide and 29,000 in Karachi this year

Fact check: PayPal is not coming to Pakistan

Contrary to IT minister Umar Saif’s claims, PayPal and Payoneer are just entering into a partnership to add PayPal as a payment method on Payoneer

Fast and secure Turkish messaging app BiP introduces group, chat import

ISTANBUL: Having witnessed 2 million downloads in Pakistan and 80 million downloads globally, Turkey’s secure life and communication platform BiP now introduces its new...

Government to offer financial incentives to boost AI integration in Pakistan

Subsidies, tax exemptions, and workforce training to support AI adoption in education, healthcare, agriculture, and other sectors

Pakistan to launch AI regulatory sandboxes

Initiative to support safe experimentation and innovation for at least 50 enterprises

Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search engine immediately

CEO Pichai describes Gemini 3 as 'our most intelligent model'