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At the Talap site, experts decided during the discussion that the crisis of state finances in the country is already on the threshold. They stopped in detail and told what specific problems exist in this area in Kazakhstan and whether they can be solved.
This was discussed today during the round table "Is Kazakhstan in danger of a crisis of state finances?", organized by Talap Center together with Halyk Finance.
Kazakhstanis are going to be obliged to take consent from their spouse when receiving loans. How will this affect the banking sector and each of the citizens of the republic? For more information, see the Results program
Japan is launching a five-year program to develop a national multimodal AI model for robots and autonomous manufacturing: 378.3 billion yen in the first year, annual stage-gate audits, and the transfer of trained weights to the entire ecosystem. We break down the program based on primary sources — and what Kazakhstan should take note of.
By Decree of the President No. 1311 of 9 June 2026, the Nationwide Strategy for Large-Scale Digitalization and the Comprehensive Deployment of AI Technologies, “Digital Qazaqstan,” was approved until 2029. TALAP analyzed the document: what goals and indicators it sets, how it differs from previous programs, and what it means for citizens, business, and the state.
Material No. 1 in the series “School in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TALAP Center for Applied Research, in collaboration with Global Education Futures.
Global governance practice is gradually moving away from a model in which decisions are made only after a crisis has already become visible. Governments, international organizations and major companies are increasingly focusing on the early identification of change, testing decisions against different scenarios and preparing courses of action before a situation reaches a critical stage.
