AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoSmart-City Surveillance Debate: A digital surveillance expert warns that “smart city” systems can expand monitoring even in democracies—powered by private platforms, apps, sensors, and CCTV—raising the stakes for citizen and government oversight. Uzbek IT Push: Uzbekistan is positioning itself as a Central Asian IT hub, with tax incentives, AI training for 1+ million young specialists, and plans to cut bureaucracy. AI Banking Breakthrough: TBC Uzbekistan’s AI banking assistant has won a Global Finance 2026 Innovators Award, highlighting Uzbek-language large language models for conversational banking. Pilgrimage Boost: Samarkand’s Imam Al-Bukhari complex welcomed over one million visitors in its first month after reopening. Transport Upgrade: The Tashkent Metro gets $84.3m in state funding, targeting 1.8m daily riders and network expansion by 2030. Road Safety Politics: A parliamentary push argues traffic-radar control should move fully under the Interior Ministry. Energy & Digital Links: Uzbekistan expands AI/digital cooperation with Japan and energy cooperation with Qatar.
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