Pakistani journalist who supported jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is freed by his captors | AP News

Pakistani journalist who supported jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is freed by his captors | AP News

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prominent Pakistani television journalist who went missing more than four months ago after being arrested by police returned home Monday after being freed, police and his colleagues said.It is widely believed that Imran Riaz Khan, known for publicly supporting jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was being held by security agencies.

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Ukraine is building an advanced army of drones. For now, pilots improvise with duct tape and bombs | AP News

Ukraine is building an advanced army of drones. For now, pilots improvise with duct tape and bombs | AP News

LUHANSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Flying above enemy lines, a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone sends a clear image back to soldiers hiding in a basement a few kilometers away: A Russian armored vehicle is idling along a key logistics route, looking like easy prey in the artillery-scarred green landscape.Then, in a flash, the image disappears, and

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AI is on the world’s mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it? | AP News

AI is on the world’s mind. Is the UN the place to figure out what to do about it? | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence got barely a mention at the U.N. General Assembly’s convocation of world leaders.But after the release of ChatGPT last fall turbocharged both excitement and anxieties about AI, it’s been a sizzling topic this year at diplomacy’s biggest yearly gathering.Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers

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The UN’s top tech official discusses AI, bringing the world together and what keeps him up at night | AP News

The UN’s top tech official discusses AI, bringing the world together and what keeps him up at night | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Artificial intelligence, and how and whether to regulate it, has gotten a lot of discussion in and around this year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders. With a U.N. advisory group on AI set to convene this fall, the world organization’s top tech-policy official, Amandeep Gill, sat down with The

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