August 28, 2026

Technology

From Chatbots to Coworkers: Why 'Agentic AI' is the Next Big Leap for Business

From Chatbots to Coworkers: Why ‘Agentic AI’ is the Next Big Leap for Business

The landscape of Artificial Intelligence is shifting from passive assistants to proactive ‘agents.’ Unlike standard LLMs that require constant prompting, Agentic AI can reason through complex goals, choose the right tools for a job, and iterate until a task is complete. This evolution represents a fundamental change in how we interact with technology, promising a future where AI doesn’t just help us work—it does the work alongside us.

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The Gap is Closing: Can AI Safety Keep Up with Open-Weight Performance?

The Gap is Closing: Can AI Safety Keep Up with Open-Weight Performance?

A new report from SaferAI highlights a pivotal shift in the AI landscape: open-weight models are rapidly catching up to industry-leading ‘frontier’ models. While this signals a win for open innovation, it exposes a critical safety gap. Models like Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 showcase immense power but lack key safety protocols, posing a challenge for developers and regulators who must now figure out how to balance open access with global security.

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Global AI Impact Awards 2026 Set to Recognise Excellence, Innovation and Leadership in AI

Karachi, Pakistan — The Global AI Impact Awards 2026, organised by Pro AI Global, is set to bring together AI professionals, business leaders, innovators, organisations and technology-driven individuals on a global platform dedicated to recognising meaningful contributions in artificial intelligence.The awards aim to celebrate individuals and organisations that are using AI to drive innovation, improve

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Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity: Resecurity and HNL Sign Historic MoU to Protect Pakistan’s Digital Grid

ISLAMABAD — In what is being hailed as one of the most significant cybersecurity alignments in Pakistan’s tech sector, global threat intelligence titan Resecurity (USA) has officially signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hitech Networks Private Limited (HNL). As Pakistan’s number one managed services provider—controlling over 14,000 BTS sites and core networks for

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Digital Risk Monitoring: BankIslami Partners with Resecurity to Deploy Enterprise Threat Intelligence

KARACHI — In a major move to harden the local financial sector’s defensive parameters against rising global cyber threats, BankIslami Pakistan has officially forged a strategic operational alliance with global cybersecurity firm Resecurity. The partnership actively deploys cutting-edge Digital Risk Monitoring capabilities alongside advanced cyber threat intelligence engines across BankIslami’s network. This infrastructure upgrade is

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WHERE BUSINESS LEADERS SHAPE THE FUTURE (3) | IBM technology summit

Shaping the Future of Fintech: Top Financial Leaders Brainstorm AI Innovation and Governance at IBM Technology Summit 2026

The financial sector in Pakistan is standing at a massive crossroads, where artificial intelligence is no longer just a futuristic concept but a core driver of modern banking. Highlighting this shift, a powerful panel of Pakistan’s top financial visionaries recently took center stage at the highly anticipated IBM Technology Summit 2026. The exclusive session, titled

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Faceless Tax Audits Activated: FBR Integrates Machine Learning Slabs for AI Data Tracking

ISLAMABAD — The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is set to undergo an aggressive structural overhaul as the finalized budget framework legally mandates the transition into Faceless Tax Assessments. Moving entirely away from traditional, subjective physical interactions, FBR will now deploy central automated algorithms to execute corporate evaluations, directly capping arbitrary discrepancies. Alongside this digital

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IT Export Concessional Tax: Government Secures 0.25% Fixed Regime Until June 2029 for Software Houses

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI — Providing massive long-term certainty to the country’s booming digital ecosystem, the final draft tracking of the FY2026-27 budget confirms that the concessional 0.25% final tax rate on IT export earnings is officially secured until June 2029. The decision comes right as data reveals Pakistan’s IT and telecom exports surged by 20%

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