TIME Magazine just released the second edition of its TIME100 AI list, honouring 100 people from around the world who are influential in the world of AI. This year’s list features actors Scarlett Johansson and Anil Kapoor for their fights against unauthorised AI use of their likenesses. The list includes regulators and anti-AI campaigners fighting to ensure non-consensual AI images and deepfakes cannot become commonplace, as well as the people behind the creation and spread of AI software, such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In its explanation on how it selected the people…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
WELCOME to the age of YouTube journalism, where news and entertainment have merged into a grotesque chimera of infotainment. Gone are the days when aspiring reporters needed burdensome things like degrees, experience, or heaven forbid, facts. Now, all you need is a catchy intro, a controversial topic, and the ability to speak with the urgency of someone reporting live from the apocalypse — even if you’re just discussing the weather. It’s as if a magical realm has been discovered where credibility is optional, and views are the new currency. Who needs ethics when you can have ad revenue? This sensationalism…
PARIS: Star Italian wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio suffered a shock defeat at the Paralympics on Wednesday but British cycling great Sarah Storey won her 18th gold — then slammed the “appalling” course. Storey, who is competing in her ninth Paralympics, dominated the C5 time trial in the Paris suburbs ahead of French hope Heidi Gaugain. But Storey, 46, said the 14.1 kilometres course was “appalling” and that she had never raced on a Games course shorter than 22km — and this was the fifth time in a row she had won this race. “This is the shortest Paralympic time trial…
NEW YORK: Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up a blockbuster all-American showdown in the US Open final four on Tuesday as compatriot Emma Navarro reached the women’s semi-finals to boost home hopes of a title sweep. The 20th seed Tiafoe progressed when ninth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov suffered an injury in the third set of their quarter-final and quit in the fourth with the score at 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 4-1. Tiafoe also made the last four in 2022 while Fritz reached his first Grand Slam semi-final by defeating fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). Navarro, playing in…
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda’s Olympic Committee chief said on Thursday. “We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei… following a vicious attack by her boyfriend,” Donald Rukare said in a post on X. Cheptegei, 33, had sustained burns to 80 per cent of her body, the acting head of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Rift Valley city of Eldorect where she was being treated, had told reporters on Tuesday. “All her organs failed last night,” a…
KARACHI: Pakistan fell to their worst Test ranking in nearly six decades on Wednesday, the International Cricket Council said, after their shock 2-0 series defeat to low-ranked Bangladesh. Bangladesh inflicted a six-wicket defeat on Pakistan in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, their first series win against Pakistan. “Pakistan dropped two places — from sixth to eighth — n the Test rankings after suffering a shock series loss at home to Bangladesh,” the International Cricket Council (ICC) said. The ICC said it was “their lowest rankings since 1965” in the 12-team table, which is topped by Australia followed by India and…
Out-of-form Pakistan batter Babar Azam has dropped out of the top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ranking for Test batsmen after nearly five years. The former skipper, who has suffered a rare rough patch in the format, is currently number 12 in the ranking. Babar Azam ranking chart history according to Reliance ICC Rankings The batter broke into the top 10 in December 2019 after he scored an unbeaten 102 in a drawn Test against Sri Lanka. During this time, the former skipper dropped to the 10th position in the ranking twice — once in 2021 after he failed to…
ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that the share of labour income, which represents the proportion of total income earned by workers in an economy, has experienced a decline over the past two decades by 1.6 percentage points. New estimates indicate that the labour income share continued to decrease since 2019, declining to 52.3pc in 2022 and remaining at that level in 2023 and 2024, according to ’World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 Update“, released on Wednesday. This is 0.6pps below the pre-pandemic level, and the decline, while modest in percentage points terms, represents a sizeable and…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan trade imbalance with the Middle East widened 35.5 per cent to $1.081 billion in the first month of 2024-25 from $797.78 million over the same month last year owing to a rise in petroleum imports from the region. The trade gap narrowed significantly in FY24. Still, according to data compiled by the State Bank of Pakistan, the rising trade deficit with the region will concern policymakers. In FY24, the imbalance with the Middle East narrowed to $13.014bn, a decline of 20.47pc from $16.365bn over the preceding year. This was mainly due to lower petroleum imports from the region.…
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb asked foreign investors on Wednesday to explore fixed-income investment opportunities in the economy. During a meeting with a delegation of international investors, led by JP Morgan Pakistan CEO Amin Mohammad Khowaja, the minister highlighted the significant strides Pakistan has made in improving its macroeconomic indicators — including a 14 per cent rise in exports, a fall in inflation to 9.6pc, and an overall decline in the current account deficit. He also emphasised the improvement in Pakistan’s sovereign credit ratings, a testament to the country’s stable and promising economic outlook. The minister’s confidence in Pakistan’s economic…
