Shavkat Mirziyoyev will make a working visit to Astana on November 5–6. He is due to attend a Central Asian leaders’ meeting on artificial intelligence security.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Construction, the National Geological Service and Core Element AI, Inc. have signed a memorandum to pilot artificial intelligence in geological exploration. The partners plan to run two projects.
Kazakhstan’s Zhaslan Madiyev met Israeli President Isaac Herzog and led the Kazakh delegation at the 10th session of the intergovernmental commission. The sides signed a convention on avoiding double taxation.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy has presented the Energy AI Kazakhstan concept. Proposed tools include early detection of fuel shortage risks, automated reporting and industrial safety monitoring.
NtechLab’s video analytics system helped identify and detain more than 8,000 suspects in Russia’s Novosibirsk Region over three years. It assisted in about 4,000 detentions in the first ten months of 2026.
Astana unveiled a locally developed AI system to identify online drug-related resources. It detected 421 items in a week, none of which had been blocked at the time of the demonstration.
The United States and Finland signed a technology cooperation memorandum in Washington on October 29. It outlines work across several fields but creates no legal obligations.
Spain will allocate €12.8 million to develop digital services for the public healthcare system in the Community of Madrid. The agreement will run for four years.
Kazakhstan’s Consulate General in Shanghai held a roundtable for Republic Day. Experts discussed the country’s international role and cooperation with China.
More than 131,000 students are enrolled in skilled-trade programs at 480 colleges in Kazakhstan. The colleges graduate over 51,000 specialists each year.
The 6th Forum of Scientists from CIS Member States opened in Kazakhstan on October 29. It brings together heads of academies of sciences and researchers from eight countries.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education is working with NVIDIA to develop training in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. It has also proposed establishing a regional NVIDIA Physical AI Hub at QAIRU.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education is working with NVIDIA to train instructors and develop students’ AI skills. The country has proposed creating a regional NVIDIA Physical AI Hub.
Argentina’s Air Force presented the Búho drone, an electric-powered aircraft developed and built in the country. It has received official certification as a Class I military unmanned aerial vehicle.
The UK is establishing the AI Biosecurity Lab to help detect biological threats earlier and speed up the development of countermeasures. The project will receive government funding and commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic.
The UK will invest in protection against AI-related threats, support for British companies and infrastructure. The package includes a lab to monitor biological threats and projects across the regions.
Kazakhstan has set a strategic goal of becoming a global hub for Physical AI, which can control robots, autonomous transport and manufacturing. The goal was discussed by Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev and NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang.
Kazakhstan has proposed establishing a regional NVIDIA center for physical AI. The proposal was made during a meeting with company founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Astana.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang visited the alem.ai international artificial intelligence center in Astana for the first time on October 23. He was presented with Kazakhstan’s strategy for developing a global Physical AI hub.
The international HackAlem AI hackathon set a Guinness World Records record for the number of participants in an AI hackathon. It was held in Astana as part of AI Month.
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