Countries must build their own AI capacity: Jensen Huang

IANS | September 2, 2026 10:10 PM

Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) Every country must develop domestic artificial intelligence capacity and decide which parts of the rapidly expanding technology chain it wants to build, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has said, warning governments against outsourcing all their intelligence to others.

Friends' AI warning changed Anthropic CEO's career

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:42 PM

Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) A conversation with friends more than a decade ago persuaded Anthropic Executive Tom Brown to leave engineering and pursue artificial intelligence (AI), beginning a journey that took him through OpenAI and eventually to the founding of Anthropic.

Pakistan: Hindu woman’s abduction, forced conversion and marriage sparks concerns

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:42 PM

Bangkok, Sep 2 (IANS) As persecution of religious minorities continues unabated across Pakistan, allegations of abduction, forced conversion and marriage involving a 21-year-old Hindu woman, Rita, have once again put the country’s treatment of minorities under the spotlight after she was recovered by Punjab provincial police, a report has stated.

Asim Munir tightens military grip on Pakistan's power structure: Report

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:41 PM

Kabul, Sep 2 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s unprecedented concentration of power, backed by constitutional amendments, cabinet decisions, presidential notifications and parliamentary votes, could make the country’s present arrangement difficult to reverse, a report has stated.

Stark reminder of continuing vulnerability of minority communities in Pakistan: India on demolition of century-old Hindu temple

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:02 PM

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) India on Wednesday severely condemned the reported demolition of a century-old Hindu temple in Pakistan and called upon the country's government to conduct a "prompt and transparent investigation" into yet another shocking incident involving the destruction of a place of worship for minority communities in the neighbouring nation.