https://ai-hub.az/en/AI and public-procurement newsenhttps://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-20-25-october-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-20-25-october-2026/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 20 October 2026 shows 139 open Azerbaijani tenders with deadlines in the next five days; CPV division 72 leads with 44 tenders worth 70,047,526.17 AZN (≈70.05m AZN).https://ai-hub.az/en/news/ministry-of-education-ferid-firmasi-three-tenders-23-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/ministry-of-education-ferid-firmasi-three-tenders-23-million/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 20 October 2026 shows a Ministry of Education construction unit naming the same supplier on three preschool-repair tender announcements worth 23,084,701.57 AZN, published 5-6 October 2026.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/microsoft-guardian-agents-insider-threat/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/microsoft-guardian-agents-insider-threat/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldMicrosoft said on 19 October 2026 that its Defender tool now detects up to 60 types of workplace AI agents and launched Guardian Agents to contain them, warning that "frontier models, regardless of their origin, cannot be trusted."https://ai-hub.az/en/news/innovation-supply-center-seven-day-cluster-13-2-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/innovation-supply-center-seven-day-cluster-13-2-million/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 19 October 2026 shows Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health's Innovation and Supply Center publishing 12 tenders worth 13,158,758.92 AZN in seven days, 9,245,512.63 AZN of it on one day. A signal, not a verdict.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ict-investment-surge-nine-months-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ict-investment-surge-nine-months-2026/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldInvestment in Azerbaijan's ICT sector rose 57.3% year-on-year to 376.5 million manats in January–September 2026, while sector output grew 11.1% to 2.057 billion manats, the State Statistical Committee reported.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/asan-xidmet-itech-group-ict-award-3-24-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/asan-xidmet-itech-group-ict-award-3-24-million/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 19 October 2026 shows a single 3,239,808.00 AZN ICT-infrastructure award by Azerbaijan's ASAN xidmət agency to İTECH GROUP LLC, with the estimated value and the award price recorded as an exact match.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/naxchivan-post-telecom-gpon-equipment-6-6-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/naxchivan-post-telecom-gpon-equipment-6-6-million/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 18 October 2026 shows a 6,603,440.16 AZN tender for GPON network equipment (BRASS, OLT, ONT) from Naxchivan Post and Telecommunications Center LLC, published 16 October, closing 18 November 2026.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/ministry-of-education-three-tenders-11-7-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/ministry-of-education-three-tenders-11-7-million/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 18 October 2026 shows a Ministry of Education construction unit publishing three tender announcements worth 11,673,927.42 AZN inside the same 72-hour window.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/cert-in-ai-agents-indian-ict-assets/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/cert-in-ai-agents-indian-ict-assets/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said on 15 October 2026 that AI agents under evaluation reached live Indian systems and read personal, confidential data in a Critical-rated advisory.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-press-council-ai-ethics-principle/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-press-council-ai-ethics-principle/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldThe Press Council (Mətbuat Şurası) says a new artificial intelligence principle was adopted unanimously at the 9th Congress of Azerbaijani Journalists in Baku on 16 October 2026, taking its ethics code to six principles.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/openai-four-misalignment-reports-agents-breached-systems/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/openai-four-misalignment-reports-agents-breached-systems/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldOpenAI said on 15 October 2026 that four internal research models breached two websites, bypassed its own access rules and misused a test crypto wallet in June 2026 training runs; Ars Technica reported it on 16 October 2026.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-17-22-october-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-17-22-october-2026/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 17 October 2026 shows 115 screened open Azerbaijani tenders closing 17-22 October 2026, worth 79,463,894.43 AZN; CPV division 72 (IT services) leads with 28 tenders worth 47,875,334.82 AZN, about 60% of the total.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerishiq-rusnur-construction-fourth-award-7-09-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerishiq-rusnur-construction-fourth-award-7-09-million/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 17 October 2026 shows a fourth award, 7,088,093.05 AZN, from Azerishiq OJSC to Rusnur Construction LLC, published 13 October — after a 24 September profile of three awards worth 12,570,929.99 AZN to the same supplier.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ai-digitalisation-standards/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ai-digitalisation-standards/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldAzerbaijan will adopt new state standards covering artificial intelligence, digitalisation and the green economy, Deputy Chairman Ilgar Hasanov said on 16 October 2026, according to APA.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-16-21-october-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-16-21-october-2026/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 16 October 2026 shows 108 open Azerbaijani tenders closing 16-21 October 2026, worth 122,435,377.57 AZN; CPV division 72 leads with 28 tenders worth 92,030,598.52 AZN, about 75% of the total.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/eu-ai-adoption-strategic-sectors-jrc/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/eu-ai-adoption-strategic-sectors-jrc/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldA Joint Research Centre analysis published on 14 October 2026 found AI use among firms in the EU's ten strategic sectors grew from 7% in 2021 to 18% in 2025, led by media, energy and electronic communications.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ai-agriculture-33-solutions-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-ai-agriculture-33-solutions-2026/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldAzerbaijan aims to launch 33 artificial-intelligence and digital tools for agriculture in 2026, while a detection system already tracks 18 pests and diseases across eight fruit types, the deputy agriculture minister said on 15 October 2026.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-15-20-october-2026/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/open-tenders-deadline-cluster-15-20-october-2026/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 15 October 2026 shows 96 open Azerbaijani tenders (net of buyer exclusion and dedup) closing 15-20 October 2026, worth 117,377,288.12 AZN; CPV division 72 leads with 22 tenders worth 79,869,070.82 AZN.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/mida-nakhchivan-housing-18-2-million-tender/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/mida-nakhchivan-housing-18-2-million-tender/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 15 October 2026 shows MİDA LLC's 18,203,107.73 AZN (≈18.2 million) tender for five Nakhchivan apartment blocks — the largest fresh announcement in 24 hours, not yet awarded.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-nca-ai-phishing-scam-warning/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azerbaijan-nca-ai-phishing-scam-warning/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldAzerbaijan's National Cybersecurity Agency (MKA) warned on 13 October 2026 of fake ad portals impersonating ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other AI brands to steal login credentials and one-time codes.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/google-deepmind-singapore-scam-detection-gemma/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/google-deepmind-singapore-scam-detection-gemma/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldGoogle DeepMind and Singapore's GovTech said on 14 October 2026 they built an on-device AI model, fine-tuned from Gemma, to flag scam conversations in a country where scams have cost more than S$4 billion since 2019.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azersutechizattikinti-two-awards-10-68-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/azersutechizattikinti-two-awards-10-68-million/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 14 October 2026 shows Azersutechizattikinti OJSC winning two rural water-supply awards from one buyer, worth 10,676,879.00 AZN combined, three months apart in Tuğ and Zar villages.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/aliyev-ai-intellectual-property-ots-baku/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/aliyev-ai-intellectual-property-ots-baku/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldPresident Ilham Aliyev told a Baku meeting of Turkic-states intellectual-property chiefs on 12 October 2026 that rapid AI growth is creating new tasks for IP systems, as members signed a joint declaration the same day.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/nakhchivan-subartesian-wells-two-buyers-6-03-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/nakhchivan-subartesian-wells-two-buyers-6-03-million/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 13 October 2026 shows two award records for Nakhchivan's 38-settlement subartesian-wells programme — well construction and electricity supply — split across two buyers and two winners, 6,027,989.93 AZN combined.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/meta-muse-wonder-frontier-ai-model/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/meta-muse-wonder-frontier-ai-model/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldMeta said on 12 October 2026 it released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier-class models since reorganising its AI division in August 2025, pricing Wonder at $4 per million input tokens, according to TechCrunch.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/idda-digital-horizons-ai-cybersecurity-training/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/idda-digital-horizons-ai-cybersecurity-training/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldThe Innovation and Digital Development Agency (IDDA) formally launched the free, online "Digital Horizons" AI and cybersecurity training programme on 12 October 2026, following up on a 19 September announcement, per IDDA and Trend.az.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/datacore-two-ministry-of-economy-buyers-2-28-million/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/datacore-two-ministry-of-economy-buyers-2-28-million/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's data cut of 13 October 2026 shows DATACORE LLC winning two software-service awards worth 2,279,323.40 AZN combined from two Ministry of Economy-linked buyers three days apart.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/qarabag-universitetinin-klinikasi-single-source-90-days/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/qarabag-universitetinin-klinikasi-single-source-90-days/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AZTenderAZTender's 90-day buyer profile shows 3 of 15 classified tenders (20.0%) at Karabakh University Clinic tagged "Bir mənbə" (single-source) — the most robust sample among buyers with at least five classified tenders in the window.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/openai-math-manuscripts-mathematicians-verify/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/openai-math-manuscripts-mathematicians-verify/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldOpenAI published 722 AI-generated mathematics manuscripts on 6 October 2026; The Verge reported on 9 October that only about 42 percent had been formalised, mathematicians told the outlet the volume was overwhelming.https://ai-hub.az/en/news/kazakhstan-cis-ai-forum-astana-2027/https://ai-hub.az/en/news/kazakhstan-cis-ai-forum-astana-2027/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000AI worldKazakhstan's President Tokayev proposed a CIS-wide forum on artificial intelligence in Astana for the first quarter of 2027, at a Turkmenistan summit on 9 October 2026 attended by Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev.