{"id":21097,"date":"2025-09-29T09:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21097"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:37:08","slug":"bugs-go-bionic-while-pakistan-plugs-into-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21097","title":{"rendered":"Bugs go bionic while Pakistan plugs into AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pakistan\u2019s future is in data<\/p>\n

Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan\u2019s top oil and gas explorers, has created a new subsidiary dubbed Mari Technologies. They plan to make a 5MW data centre in Islamabad and plan to make another one in Karachi.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s definitely an exciting time to be a Pakistani. We\u2019ve got the new National AI Policy of 2025 and last year\u2019s decision to invest Rs10 billion in tech ventures. Our geopolitical standing is miles better than it has been for a long time, with all the deals we\u2019ve been making.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the sheer capacity that Pakistan wants to build regarding AI usage, these datacenters are a welcome and necessary investment. But once again, the cost of maintenance for these datacenters will only go up as more and more get built. In a country where drinking water isn\u2019t a guarantee, and stable electricity is even less of a commodity, perhaps it would be prudent to ask if this is even a good idea in the first place?<\/p>\n

What if the buzzing mosquito near your ear wasn\u2019t a bug at all but a robot?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not just a paranoid thought anymore. DARPA, the US military\u2019s mad-science arm, has been experimenting with insect-sized machines and even real cyborg bugs.<\/p>\n

The goal is to create tiny, sneaky tools for surveillance and missions where bigger drones can\u2019t go.<\/p>\n

Harvard\u2019s RoboBees flap their wings faster than a hummingbird, darting through the air and even swimming underwater. Soft \u201crobo-jellies\u201d drift like spies beneath the waves. Cockroach-inspired bots scuttle over debris without breaking stride. And in the creepiest twist, some researchers are wiring up actual insects to act as remote-controlled scouts.<\/p>\n

It sounds like sci-fi, part Black Mirror, part James Bond gadgetry but it\u2019s very real. These miniature machines could be lifesavers in search-and-rescue or disaster zones. Or, depending on who\u2019s controlling them, the stuff of privacy nightmares.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s certain:\u00a0the future of robotics is going to be a lot buggier.<\/p>\n

Google wants AI to be your next favorite DJ<\/p>\n

YouTube wants to make your playlists talk back, literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through its new Labs program, the platform is testing AI radio hosts inside YouTube Music that sprinkle your mixes with stories, fan trivia, and cheeky commentary about the songs you love.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only a limited pool of US-based users can try it for now, but it hints at YouTube\u2019s bigger AI push, alongside new Premium perks like \u201cjump ahead\u201d on TVs and consoles, which uses AI to skip straight to the best part of a video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Basically, Google wants to turn background music into an interactive, AI-powered DJ set on a radio station or something.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s future is in data Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan\u2019s top oil and gas explorers, has created a new subsidiary dubbed Mari Technologies. They plan to make a 5MW data centre in Islamabad and plan to make another one in Karachi. It\u2019s definitely an exciting time to be a Pakistani. We\u2019ve got the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}