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AI, startups, tech and digital transformation — Kazakhstan & the world
On March 20, 2026, the US Attorney's Office announced charges in an attempt to circumvent export restrictions on advanced AI technology. The scheme involved Southeast Asia and affected servers with Nvidia chips. This intensifies pressure on the global chip market and compliance for tech companies. Today's events underscore how AI computing is becoming a geopolitical asset.
The release of GPT-5 changes the landscape of data science and machine learning tools. The model has received specialized modules for working with time series, predictive analytics, and automating ETL processes. This is especially important for companies looking for affordable alternatives to expensive analytics solutions.
Autoscience is launching a platform with superhuman AI scientists who continuously experiment to create state-of-the-art models. The first application is in finance, manufacturing, and fraud detection for Fortune 500 companies. Today's launch changes the rules: businesses gain an advantage without hiring researchers. The investment round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Toyota Ventures and Perplexity Fund.
At WWDC 2026, Apple unveiled iOS 20, where mobile AI becomes a central element. This update integrates neural networks into the camera, Siri, and applications, increasing performance by 40%. It is important now, as the smartphone market is growing by 12% annually, and AI is becoming a key competitive factor. Central Asian companies, including Kazakhstan, are getting a chance for business digitalization.
Juniper disclosed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Junos OS Evolved operating system for PTX series routers. The CVSS criticality rating is 9.8 out of 10. Although there has not yet been a widespread distribution of exploits, the threat concerns telecommunications operators and data centers around the world, including organizations in Central Asia.
On March 20, 2026, the DoJ, in collaboration with Canadian and German authorities, took down the command servers of the AISURU, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets. The operation prevented hundreds of thousands of attacks, including hyper-volumetric strikes of 30 Tbps. This is critical for businesses: such attacks can disable cloud services and infrastructure, necessitating immediate IoT device security enhancements.
The United States and Japan have announced a major cooperative project in the field of nuclear energy with investments of $40 billion. The initiative reflects the growing global demand for carbon-neutral energy sources and demonstrates the commitment of both countries to strengthen their positions in future technologies. The project is critical for achieving decarbonization goals and ensuring energy security amid increasing competition for innovative leadership.
Startup Plata, founded in 2022, officially joined the unicorn club after a successful funding round led by New York investment firm Kora. The company has transformed from a credit product provider into a fully-fledged digital bank with its own core banking system and a banking license from the Bank of Mexico, obtained in December 2024.
Today, March 19, 2026, Microsoft has expressed concern over the partnership between OpenAI and AWS, which involves the exclusive use of AWS as a third-party for distributing the Frontier model. The deal includes $50 billion in investments and 2 GW of Trainium power. This threatens the multi-billion dollar Microsoft-OpenAI partnership and intensifies competition in the cloud AI services market, especially as demand for AI computing grows by 250 GW.
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