DEMOCRACY is not only about elections, parliaments or written constitutions. Its strength lies in truth, trust and accountability. But in today鈥檚 digital world, the values are under a serious threat. The fast spread of false information, driven by social media, online echo chambers and artificial intelligence, has made it hard to know what true is. This raises an urgent question: can truth survive in a world ruled by algorithms?..
Facebook owner Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence division in a move intended to streamline operations after an aggressive hiring spree, US media reported Wednesday...
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management has laid emphasis on greater investment, capacity building, and regulatory guidance to help banks move from planning to practical deployment of Artificial Intelligence-based security systems...
THE digital age has provided us with more information than any other time in history. News, video and images reach us in seconds. But along with this abundance comes a new crisis: how do we know what鈥檚 real? With artificial intelligence that can churn out human-like text, resize and create voices, and create deepfake videos capable of fooling the sharpest of eyes...
OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars鈥� worth of chips in the artificial intelligence race, raising questions among investors about how the startup will finance these purchases...
For a generative artificial intelligence system to learn how to write an autopsy report, human workers must sort and annotate thousands of crime scene images. The precarious work of training AI, which generally pays just a few dollars, has sparked a movement for better wages and conditions stretching from Kenya to Colombia...
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia鈥檚 competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution...
Artificial intelligence technology is in an 鈥榠ndustrial bubble,鈥� Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told a tech conference in Italy on Friday, but the benefits to society will be 鈥榠mmense鈥�...
Eastern Bank PLC (EBL), in collaboration with St Joseph Higher Secondary School, recently organised Technovation鈥�25, a technology festival aimed at inspiring young minds in IT, robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital creativity...
The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: Last week, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers.
Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons鈥攁 change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful.
Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest generation of connected products, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities designed to make interactions with AI more frequent and natural...
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit blocked the attempt to withdraw Tk 287 crore by former Premier Bank chairman and former Awami League lawmaker HBM Iqbal from the bank despite a freeze on his and his family鈥檚 accounts.
Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish 鈥榬ed lines鈥� too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross.
Artificial intelligence has been given top priority in the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo where 3,200 companies from 60 countries are displaying their products at the Nanning Convention and Exhibition Centre in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the southern China...
Artificial intelligence (AI) could increase global trade by up to 40 per cent by the year 2040, according to the World Trade Organisation鈥檚 newly released World Trade Report 2025...
LAST week鈥檚 failed assassination attempt of the Palestinian negotiating team in Doha, Qatar, raises critical questions that extend far beyond the attack itself. The crux of the problem lies in three interconnected issues: the increasing use of artificial intelligence in targeting individuals, the failure or deliberate negligence of the US-led air defence system, and Qatar鈥檚 vulnerable position as a host to both a major US base and the ceasefire negotiations...
Apple was set to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, with enhanced artificial intelligence features expected to take centre stage...
WE LIVE in an age defined by the fourth industrial revolution, where technological progress is advancing at a pace previously unimaginable. Expanded data storage, massive information flows and lightning-fast processing already reveal how far innovation has carried us. Yet the real transformation lies in the convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and...
Anthropic announced Tuesday that it raised $13 billion in a funding round valuing the artificial intelligence startup at $183 billion...
THE integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare is ushering in a new era of medical innovation and practice, promising to revolutionise how diseases are diagnosed, treated and managed. With its ability to analyse massive datasets, automate...
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has begun scrutinising the financial transactions of its chief, AFM Shahinul Islam, including those linked to his wife, Suma Islam, according to BFIU officials...
Students in some high schools in Denmark will be allowed to use artificial intelligence to prepare for English language exams from next year, the education ministry announced on Friday.
Google on Wednesday unveiled new Pixel 10 smartphones that promise more artificial intelligence capabilities, as it seeks to elbow out competition in the emerging AI-assistant market...
Under guidance of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, Southeast Bank PLC as lead bank recently arranged a training programme on 鈥楶revention of money laundering and combating financing of terrorism鈥� in Narayanganj, said a press release...
Bangladesh Bank has sent Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit chief AFM Shahinul Islam on mandatory leave following a series of controversies...
The department of electrical and electronic engineering of Independent University, Bangladesh has recently received the Best Paper Award in the Poster Paper Presentation category at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking...
THE emergence of artificial intelligence brings both promise and peril to the democratic process as Bangladesh prepares for its national and local elections. While artificial intelligence offers tools for efficiency, communication and data management, it also poses threats to electoral integrity, political stability and social trust. Without proactive measures, the...
US semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay the United States government 15 per cent of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, according to media reports...
