IASER Dispatch
Our newsletter: one short dispatch every couple of weeks — what we're building, where we need hands, and what's worth knowing where AI, Islam and ethics meet.
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October 30, 2026
Issue 006IASER Dispatch: Issue 006
70 million weekly faith requests to ChatGPT, DeepMind and OpenAI departures over safety, who answers when AI agents overstep, and AI's cybersecurity risks beyond the model.
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October 14, 2026
Issue 005IASER Dispatch: Issue 005
A ghost think tank built for chatbots, the Muslim World League's AI plans at the UN, AI in Islamic education, and the shift from chatbots to agents.
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September 24, 2026
Issue 004IASER Dispatch: Issue 004
IASER events in New York this weekend, the NAZA documentary, an influence operation run through AI, a researcher's warning, MBZUAI's open model fleet, and two machine-written proofs.
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September 15, 2026
Issue 003IASER Dispatch: Issue 003
A Google AI Overview that treated Muslim identity as a safety concern; what OpenAI's Critical classification for GPT-6 Astra means; 47% of imams surveyed at AMJA already use AI to write khutbahs; and why AI sovereignty is a communal obligation with three layers.
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August 25, 2026
Issue 002IASER Dispatch: Issue 002
Can AI have a positive Islamic impact? A tested framework for Muslim AI users in four languages; Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling and what an open-weight model makes possible; what Thorn's research says about young people already turning to AI; and the survey shaping the Islamic Ethics Guidebook.
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July 13, 2026
Issue 001IASER Dispatch — Issue 001
Membership and the community survey open; the London panel on tech sovereignty, Islam and the individual; a deep dive on benchmarks and JaleesBench; the UN's first scientific-panel report on AI — and what it leaves out.