QazaqGPT and Digital Almaty 2024: What’s New in the IT Sector in Central Asia and the World

We are sharing a selection of interesting news in the IT sector.

QazaqGPT Developed by a Schoolboy from the Kyzylorda Region

A 16-year-old schoolboy from the city of Kyzylorda has made artificial intelligence speak in Kazakh. His project, developed by Asylzhan Abdullaev, is called QazaqGPT.

Source: 24.kz

Front Office Opened for Investors in Kazakhstan

A front office for supporting significant investment projects has been established on the basis of the Regional Development Center of the Almaty Region.

Source: kapital.kz

New Pilot Project Token.uz Registered in Uzbekistan

The goal of creating the platform is to ensure reliable and transparent data storage, as well as to protect information from alteration and substitution by third parties, which is provided by blockchain technology. The Token.uz platform can be used in both the public and private sectors.

Source: napp.uz

Digital Artificial Intelligence Platform Launched in Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, the digital platform ai.astanahub.com has been launched, created by the corporate fund Astana Hub. The new platform brings together the efforts of the state, business, and education to form a unified space that promotes innovation and the use of artificial intelligence in various fields.

Source: astanahub

Palworld Sets Game Pass Record

Xbox Game Preview users made Palworld the third most popular multiplayer game in just ten days. Additionally, Palworld became the most popular third-party game launched on Xbox Cloud Gaming using Game Pass Ultimate.

Source: xbox

First Human Patient Receives Brain Implant from Elon Musk's Startup Neuralink

After long efforts to obtain approval for clinical trials with humans, the company successfully performed the first surgery to implant a brain device that enables interaction with a computer.

Source: bloomberg.com

New Updates in Google Bard Chatbot

Google Bard presents the latest updates, including access to Gemini Pro in all languages and in all countries and territories. Users can now also generate images in Bard in most countries.

Source: blog.google

Digital Almaty 2024

From February 1 to 3, 2024, the digital forum Digital Almaty 2024: "Industry X: Digital Evolution of the Future" took place in Almaty. Several interesting news items from this event:
— Kcell received an award for the fastest internet
— Sergek Group announced a joint project with the Nusantary municipal administration in Indonesia
— Kazakh startup Biometric.vision and Binance Kazakhstan entered into a partnership
— eGov.AI: An electronic government based on artificial intelligence will launch in Kazakhstan.