WASHINGTON (MNTV) — A commercial surveillance platform used the Claude artificial-intelligence chatbot to analyze, classify, and profile the social-media activity of people in Iran and the Persian Gulf — sorting them by political loyalty, location, and demographic group — according to a report from the AI’s maker, Anthropic. The company ...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The U.S. artificial-intelligence company Anthropic says Iranian state-aligned and Iran-linked accounts used its Claude AI models in a series of covert operations — spanning propaganda, domestic surveillance, and the targeting of U.S. naval forces — that it detected and shut down over the past nine months. The disclosures ap...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia is seeking to expand exports of its creative products through a strategic partnership with the United States, spanning trade, investment, technology, and industry, its creative-economy minister said, the Antara news agency reported. Minister Riefky Harsya said Indonesia was “very open” to coope...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia’s electrical and electronics exports surged 57.1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, up from 23 percent the previous quarter, driven by demand tied to the global artificial-intelligence boom, the Malay Mail reported. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said t...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia has been named one of the world’s four leading net exporters of AI hardware, alongside South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, in the International Monetary Fund’s July World Economic Outlook update. Malaysia accounts for roughly 13 percent of global semiconductor “back-end” manufactu...
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia has drawn approved investments averaging $86.1 billion a year from 2022 to 2025, a level economists say reflects both strong fundamentals and deliberate policy, The Star reported. The boom has been driven partly by global supply-chain realignment, as foreign firms diversify away from concentrating oper...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) — Malaysia’s semiconductor industry has long punched above its weight in manufacturing, handling an estimated 13% of global semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging outside China and Taiwan. Yet despite the country’s prominent role in the global supply chain, it captures only about 6% of the industry’s value...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Pakistan on Thursday became a founding member of the newly established World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), as the country seeks to play a greater role in global artificial intelligence governance while strengthening technology cooperation with longtime ally China. The agreement establish...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — Freelancers in Pakistan earned more than $3.2 billion in foreign exchange over the past three fiscal years, highlighting the sector’s growing contribution to the economy despite persistent challenges including slow internet connectivity and power outages. Official data showed freelance export earnings rose fr...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (MNTV) — A self-taught Pakistani cybersecurity researcher has been recognized by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) after responsibly disclosing a security vulnerability in one of the agency’s digital systems. According to Pakistan Today, the researcher identified the flaw during independent...
