AI Competition
Deepfakes and the Fragility of Democracy: Lessons from Indonesia for the Global South
In August 2025, I witnessed firsthand how Indonesia was shaken by a deepfake video of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani. The manipulated footage—showing her delivering...
SAARC AI Framework: Setting Guardrails for Artificial Intelligence in South Asia
Authors: Dr Muhammadi and Mr. Yasir Hussain*
Authorities around the globe are rushing to craft rules and regulations for the use of AI technologies, sparking...
How Possible is ‘Mission-Impossible’: AI in the 21st Century
Artificial intelligence is undisputedly the buzzword for the century, and everybody seems to have joined the bandwagon in their own right, films being no...
Ethics Without Borders: The Global South’s Role in AI Peacekeeping
As nations race to shape AI governance frameworks, one threat remains dangerously underdiscussed: the rise of non-state actors weaponizing AI. From cyber-hacktivists to autonomous...
China Proposes New Global AI Body to Counter Western Dominance
Chinese Premier “Li Keqiang ”made the call during his speech at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Saturday,...
Reimagining Data Sovereignty: Synthetic Frameworks as the Heart of Our Digital Revolution
“Data is the new oil — it’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used.”– Clive Humby
Picture a doctor in Makassar, tracing invisible...
From Big Brother to Brave New Algorithm: The Rise of Sovereign AI and the New Age of Censorship
Contrary to Orwellian dystopia, the world is heading towards a brave new algorithmic order; rather than through brute force and surveillance, rebellions are crushed,...
Digital Colonialism: How Data Empires Are Rewriting Global Sovereignty
As digital infrastructure spreads, a new kind of empire building is underway, one driven not by armies but by data. Today’s tech giants and...
AI-Enabled Data Processing in Orbit: Economical, Efficient, But Risking Escalation
In a groundbreaking development, Axiom Space has announced that it will be launching the first-ever orbiting data center nodes in space by the end...
AI and the Rise of Grey-Collar Work: Rebalancing the Future of Labour
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is concurrently a technological evolution but and seismic force reshaping the structure of economies, the composition of the...