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Asad Baig

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Who controls the answer?

Who controls the answer?

People are turning to AI assistants with questions they once asked Google, journalists or experts.

26.08.2026 100

Dawn

Asad Baig

Safety by design

The danger is not simply that children see harmful content. It is that the platforms are built to keep them there.

19.07.2026 80

Dawn

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Pakistan’s AI checklist

If AI is to be embedded into governance, we cannot rely entirely on foreign models.

12.06.2026 250

Dawn

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‘The truth is still out there’

The existence of UAPs does not automatically mean they are alien. It means they are unresolved.

01.06.2026 60

Dawn

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The new war machine

Democratic states may begin to depend on privately owned systems they cannot fully audit, regulate or understand.

18.05.2026 100

Dawn

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The Outrage Machine reloaded

Rather than explain why peace serves Indian interests, the ‘Godi media’ sells anger against Pakistan.

01.05.2026 70

Dawn

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The age of AI empires

The US is once again deeply entangled in regions at the heart of global energy flows.

06.04.2026 100

Dawn

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Journalism after AI

How will journalism evolve to meet the challenges ushered in by AI?

14.12.2025 100

Dawn

Asad Baig

Cost of connection

Social media giants do not set prices but control attention instead.

18.10.2025 100

Dawn

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AI crossroads

Critical gaps risk undermining the AI policy’s promise.

05.09.2025 200

Dawn

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Before you panic about aliens

23.08.2025 50

The News International

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Illusion of trading

There’s no transparency in how ‘binary trading’ platforms operate.

19.08.2025 100

Dawn

Asad Baig

MAGA-MIGA hangover

07.08.2025 60

The News International

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Rockefeller rebooted

Meta’s invisible levers decide whose voices rise and whose vanish.

14.07.2025 100

Dawn

Asad Baig

Hallucinated out of history

03.07.2025 60

The News International

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You are welcome to the land of the free … only if you are willing to give up your freedom of speech

The social media vetting rule isn’t just a draconian border policy but a slow, deliberate erosion of the right to dissent and the right to be human...

01.07.2025 70

Dawn Prism

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Not TikTok, just patriarchy

04.06.2025 100

The News International

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Powering the future

Pakistan’s newfound enthusiasm for crypto doesn’t have to follow the chaotic arc seen elsewhere.

02.06.2025 150

Dawn

Asad Baig