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    AI enters Kyrgyzstan's labor market through functions, not professions

  • 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan·August 20, 2026

    Uzbekistan to Subsidize Half of AI Implementation Costs for Businesses

  • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan·August 19, 2026

    Kazakhstan banks required to report major IT incidents to ARDFM within five days

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    Uzbekistan invests $70 million to expand AI computing capacity

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IT vendor Rocket Tech shifts internal processes to AI agents, automating 80% of routine tasks

IT vendor Rocket Tech shifts internal processes to AI agents, automating 80% of routine tasks

The Kazakhstani developer tested a multi-agent system on its own operations. The company now offers corporate process audits based on its use cases.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 21, 2026
72% of Kazakhstanis believe AI protects against scammers, but don't trust it to make payments
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan·August 12, 2026

Uzbekistan to attract $6 billion for AI infrastructure by 2030

  • 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan·August 6, 2026

    Central Bank of Uzbekistan launches CBU-GPT AI assistant for documents and queries

  • 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan·August 6, 2026

    Intel's Lip-Bu Tan invests in AI startup NaceAI with Kazakh roots

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    How much Uzbekistan spends on neural networks: Anthropic and OpenAI enter top 10 foreign services

    How much Uzbekistan spends on neural networks: Anthropic and OpenAI enter top 10 foreign services

    In six months, residents paid foreign AI companies 113 billion soums..

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|NewsAugust 4, 2026
    Uzbekistan's Tax Committee launches AI SOLIQ platform to automate audits

    Uzbekistan's Tax Committee launches AI SOLIQ platform to automate audits

    The regulator deployed its proprietary Soliq LLM language model and machine learning to analyze business risks and speed up tax administration..

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|AIJuly 30, 2026
    Kazakhstan becomes a founding member of the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO)

    Kazakhstan becomes a founding member of the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO)

    The republic joins 28 countries to develop global rules for neural network governance.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 22, 2026
    National Bank of Kazakhstan launches in-house AI platform and GPU cluster for supervision and analytics

    National Bank of Kazakhstan launches in-house AI platform and GPU cluster for supervision and analytics

    The central bank deployed proprietary AI infrastructure to monitor the financial system..

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 22, 2026

    72% of Kazakhstanis believe AI protects against scammers, but don't trust it to make payments

    A Visa study showed that users actively use neural networks for online shopping, but only 14% are ready to delegate the transactions themselves to them.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 18, 2026
    Click Launches Personal Financial Profiles: Uzbek Fintech Introduces Product for Customer Segmentation

    Click Launches Personal Financial Profiles: Uzbek Fintech Introduces Product for Customer Segmentation

    Click expands its service with a typology of financial profiles to personalize offers.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|MarketsJuly 16, 2026
    How Uzbekistanis use search and AI in banking ecosystems

    How Uzbekistanis use search and AI in banking ecosystems

    High demand for smart assistants shatters against total distrust in data security.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJuly 16, 2026
    Central Asia discusses AI regulation in financial markets at the central bank level

    Central Asia discusses AI regulation in financial markets at the central bank level

    EAEU central bank heads include artificial intelligence development and supervision in the advisory council agenda for the first time

    🇹🇯 Tajikistan|AIJuly 15, 2026
    "The Black Box Effect": Why Kazakhstanis Distrust Banking AI Assistants

    "The Black Box Effect": Why Kazakhstanis Distrust Banking AI Assistants

    Chatbots are annoying, and AI decisions look like a “black box.” People are only ready to trust the algorithm when they see what the answer is based on.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|ResearchJuly 14, 2026
    Kazakhstan plans to raise $75 million from the World Bank for AI and startup development

    Kazakhstan plans to raise $75 million from the World Bank for AI and startup development

    The funds will go toward creating cloud platforms, robotics laboratories, and venture financing.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 14, 2026
    Uzbekistan to Create State Venture Funds at Every Ministry

    Uzbekistan to Create State Venture Funds at Every Ministry

    The country is launching a decentralized startup financing model: government agencies will receive at least 10 billion soums each to develop AI and digital solutions for their needs.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|AIJuly 9, 2026
    Uzbekistan Builds First Regional Green Data Center TAS-1: 12 MW with AI Readiness by December

    Uzbekistan Builds First Regional Green Data Center TAS-1: 12 MW with AI Readiness by December

    DataVolt will deploy heavy computing infrastructure in Tashkent’s IT Park. The project aims to support the market’s transition from basic outsourcing to exporting complex IT services worth $5 billion by 2030.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|AIJuly 8, 2026
    Kazakhstan Secures Billion-Dollar Investments in Basic and Digital Infrastructure

    Kazakhstan Secures Billion-Dollar Investments in Basic and Digital Infrastructure

    IsDB expands its portfolio to $3 billion, while VEON will invest $1 billion in AI and data centers

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 3, 2026
    Freedom Holding and Citi to Build an AI Supercluster in Kazakhstan

    Freedom Holding and Citi to Build an AI Supercluster in Kazakhstan

    The Ministry of AI, Freedom Holding Corp., and Citi have signed a memorandum to create a large-scale data center for neural networks. The first phase of the project will launch in 2027.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 3, 2026
    Kazakhstan and China's 01.AI Create Q.AI Joint Venture to Develop Local Neural Networks

    Kazakhstan and China's 01.AI Create Q.AI Joint Venture to Develop Local Neural Networks

    The joint company will focus on AI agents for business and the public sector. For banks, it is a chance to implement heavy algorithms without violating bank secrecy.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 1, 2026
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