Calm exterior, but O&G sector remains on guard – Petronas

KUALA LUMPUR: The oil and gas (O&G) industry may appear calm on the surface, but it remains on guard, especially amid the current geopolitical tensions, said Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku Aziz. “I can’t offer conclusive statistics, but based on observed behaviour, many oil…

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Over 600 foreigners flee Iran into Azerbaijan: Baku

BAKU: More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku said. “Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan,“ the government source…

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OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract

The contract is estimated to complete in July 2026. OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said that…

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Surprisingly enough, it seems some AI agents aren’t quite up to scratch on some basic business tests

Salesforce research finds single-turn tasks see only 58% success, while multi-turn effectiveness drops to 35% Reasoning models like gemini-2.5-pro tend to outperform lighter models CRMArena-Pro has proven to be a challenging benchmark Researchers from Salesforce AI Research have introduced a new benchmark – CRMArena-Pro – which uses synthetic enterprise data to access LLM agent performance…

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KBS provides over RM240,000 in aid to 508 YAKEB members

MELAKA: The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), through the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (YAKEB), has disbursed RM240,912.70 to fund various aid schemes for 508 of its members in the first five months of this year. Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Abdul Halim said the assistance covered several schemes including funeral aid, hospital…

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