August 17, 2026 Oleg Son Kazakhstan faces US pressure over membership in China’s WAICO Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian country to have joined the Pax Silica
August 15, 2026 Nigora Umarova AI manager Claude fires human worker in retail experiment The dismissed worker arrived late for 17 of their 23 shifts
August 14, 2026 Oleg Son Yale economist tells which jobs will AI take first — and which may survive AI could do your job and still leave you employed. Here’s why
August 14, 2026 Nigora Umarova Apple develops proprietary AI model for China in Alibaba tie-up Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai first confirmed the partnership in February 2025
August 13, 2026 Oleg Son Russian businesses turn to Chinese AI as sanctions render Western models too expensive Sanctions and payment barriers make Western models harder to use
August 11, 2026 Nigora Umarova Anthropic embeds invisible watermarks in Claude AI text output The tracking system introduces significant nuances for establishing true authorship
August 7, 2026 Oleg Son Breakthrough study uses AI to produce 16 new bacteria-killing viruses An AI model created 700,000 possible virus genomes
August 7, 2026 Why UNIDO AIM Global Centre of Excellence could become Central Asia’s strategic project AI is shaping the new industrial infrastructure
August 6, 2026 Nigora Umarova Caviar unveils Odyssey luxury Ray-Ban smart glasses inspired by Homer Metal inserts engraved with Greek-inspired patterns are built into the frame
August 6, 2026 Nigora Umarova OpenAI agents quietly team up for major security breach The agent left a note for other AI models about its discovery
August 5, 2026 Oleg Son Central Asia risks becoming a consumer, not creator, of AI – World Bank Central Asia faces a choice between building its own future or depending on others
August 4, 2026 Nigora Umarova Singer Monetochka faces backlash over AI video for “Monopoly” The project quickly divided Monetochka's audience
August 3, 2026 Nigora Umarova Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8-Max AI model to challenge Fable 5 and GPT Sol The model matches or outperforms US competitors on several benchmarks
July 31, 2026 Oleg Son Claude runs out of sandbox and launches 3 hack attacks It comes a week after ChatGPT ran out of control
July 30, 2026 Oleg Son OpenAI CEO said new ChatGPT app is “a mess”. ChatGPT had thoughts to share Brockman’s vision of the redesign didn’t sit well with ChatGPT itself
July 27, 2026 Vadim Erzikov Vladimir Norov: WAICO gives Uzbekistan leverage in shaping global AI rules Central Asia should create own AI solutions, not just buy them
July 27, 2026 Nigora Umarova OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares humanity has entered the AI singularity The singularity typically refers to a threshold where AI eclipses human cognitive abilities
July 25, 2026 Nigora Umarova Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5 with premium AI performance Internal audits indicate Claude Opus 5 is the company’s most aligned and secure model
July 22, 2026 Nigora Umarova OpenAI Models Breach Hugging Face Security Test OpenAI has tightened infrastructure controls
July 17, 2026 Nigora Umarova Moonshot AI Introduces Kimi K3 2.8T Open-Weight Model The system demonstrates remarkable autonomy in software development scenarios
July 15, 2026 Nigora Umarova OpenAI to Launch Screenless Smart Speaker as First AI Device It features a built-in camera alongside environmental sensors
July 14, 2026 Tim James South Korea Files First Criminal Case Over AI Glasses Exam Cheating The case has prompted calls for tighter exam security and tougher penalties as wearable AI technology becomes more widely available
July 10, 2026 Nigora Umarova OpenAI Launches Trio of GPT-5.6 Models Following White House Safety Delay The widespread product rollout was originally scheduled to take place in June
July 6, 2026 Tim James Terrorists Could Use AI to Trigger the Next Pandemic, UK Experts Warn Calls grow for stronger regulation of synthetic DNA as AI rapidly accelerates biological research and raises new biosecurity concerns