Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif repeatedly fumbled during his remarks at the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) AI Innovation Dialogue, chaired by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Khawaja Asif committed at least seven verbal slips in his speech, ranging from mispronunciations to incoherent phrasing.
During the speech, Khawaja Asif described artificial intelligence as moving at a “breathtaking space" before quickly correcting himself to “breathtaking pace." He mispronounced “risk" as “riks," referred to “development" as “developend" and stumbled through terms like “instability" and “technological disparities." While attempting to reference “six pillars" of AI-related challenges, Khawaja Asif first said “six pip-pillars." He also initially pronounced “first time" as “sirs