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The world of “development” often seems short of convincing answers. Conflict, climate stress, food insecurity, entrenched poverty, and fiscal pressure are exposing the limits of old models. There is wisdom in starting…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
AI needs global guardrails Warnings from leaders of the world’s leading AI companies that the technology could become powerful enough to pose a serious risk to humanity very soon may sound like…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Indian startups are rebuilding their products on Chinese foundations. Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi allowed significant cost savings, run almost as well as the American frontier, and lag it by about six months.…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
In a report published on September 10, Anthropic — the U.S.-based company that builds and provides the Claude AI model — said it blocked users from using the model for a range…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Across the world, India included, new forms of rebellion and revolt by the masses are emerging. Gen Z, in particular, is embracing new forms of protest, in the belief that disruption is…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
North Korea’s nuclear tests reawakened sleeping faults While underground nuclear explosions usually set off brief aftershocks fading in weeks, North Korea’s tests at Mt. Mantap did the opposite, causing earthquake activity intensifying…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Architecture is often associated with symmetry, straight lines and practical design. But around the world, some buildings appear to defy those conventions altogether. Their unusual shapes, playful facades, and unconventional designs have…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Since their synthesis by the chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland and the explanation of their structure by Nobel laureate Hermann Staudinger, and their use since the 19th century, plastics have become convenient materials…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Artificial Intelligence is at a strange crossroads, with the United States government disregarding frontier AI developers’ own call for a global development slowdown of models due to hacking risks and misalignment and…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep
Every year, thousands of law students in India sit for examinations that reward one thing above all else: the ability to recall the name of a case, the year it was decided,…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Sep