Buraq Urdu AI model to keep Pakistani data within the country

Buraq is meant to handle Urdu and other regional languages, and the government has committed $1 billion for AI work through 2030.

Pakistan's IT and Telecom Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja announced Buraq, an Urdu AI model, on October 22.

The government says Pakistani data will stay inside the country.

Urdu makes up just 0.03% of global web content gathered by Common Crawl, which led the government to build its own model.

$1 billion is committed through 2030 for AI, regulatory changes and public-sector projects.

No public demo, website or release date has been shared yet.

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