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AI council to boost country’s digital economy

09/05/2025 (Fri)

PETALING JAYA: A Digital Asset and AI Advisory Council will be set up to help put Malaysia on the forefront of the digital economy world, says the Prime Minister’s senior press secretary, Tunku Nashrul Abaidah.

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Don’t switch off your brain for AI, experts warn

09/05/2025 (Fri)

PETALING JAYA: Generative AI may be fast, confident and seemingly intelligent – but blind trust in its answers can dull your thinking and spread misinformation, experts warn.

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AI understands many things... except for human social interactions

02/05/2025 (Fri)

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, yet this technology still struggles to grasp the complexity of human interactions. A recent American study reveals that, while AI excels at recognising objects or faces in still images, it remains ineffective at describing and interpreting social interactions in a moving scene.

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KPJ enhances patient services with AI-powered chatbot

02/05/2025 (Fri)

KUALA LUMPUR: KPJ Healthcare Bhd (KPJ) has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot to enhance patient services across its 30 specialist hospitals, including the newly-opened KPJ Kuala Selangor.

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How AI is helping to curb food waste

29/04/2025 (Tue)

Could artificial intelligence help us throw away less food? Every year, over a billion tonnes of food end up in the trash – a colossal waste, which some are trying to curb thanks to the power of AI.

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Deloitte: AI Investment in Asia Pacific projected to reach US$117bil by 2030

11/04/2025 (Fri)

KUALA LUMPUR: Investment in artificial intelligence (AI) across the Asia Pacific is projected to grow fivefold by 2030, reaching US$117 billion, with generative AI (GenAI) emerging as the region's fastest-growing enterprise technology, according to Deloitte.

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First encounter: Chinese AI meets quantum power and gets smarter, faster

11/04/2025 (Fri)

Chinese researchers say they have achieved a global first in using a real quantum computer to fine-tune an artificial intelligence (AI) model with 1 billion parameters, showing the potential of quantum computing to help better train large language models.

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Malaysia and China eye AI, digital economy partnerships

11/04/2025 (Fri)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is looking forward to the state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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AI streamlines budgeting, but human oversight essential

04/04/2025 (Fri)

Research conducted by Vlerick Business School has discovered that in the area of AI financial planning, the technology consistently outperforms humans when allocating budgets with strategic guidelines in place. Businesses that use AI for budgeting processes experience substantial improvements in the accuracy and efficiency of budgeting plans compared to human decision-making.

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Alibaba prepares for flagship AI model release as soon as April

04/04/2025 (Fri)

China's tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is planning to release Qwen 3, an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, as soon as this month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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UN: AI could impact 40% of jobs worldwide

04/04/2025 (Fri)

GENEVA: The global artificial intelligence market is projected to reach US$4.8 trillion (RM21.32 trillion) – roughly the size of Germany's economy – by 2033, the UN said on April 3, warning nearly half of jobs worldwide could be affected.

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Alibaba debuts AI model that can process video, audio on phones

28/03/2025 (Fri)

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has released a new artificial intelligence model in its Qwen series that the company says can process text, pictures, audio and video, and is efficient enough to run directly on mobile phones and laptops.

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Gemini 2.5: Google cooks up its ‘most intelligent’ AI model to date

28/03/2025 (Fri)

Gemini 2.5 is being hailed by Google DeepMind as its “most intelligent AI model” to date.

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Higher Education Ministry boosts AI, tech programmes for students

28/03/2025 (Fri)

KOTA KINABALU: The Higher Education Ministry is strengthening its higher education system to ensure local graduates are equipped with the necessary skills to meet the demands of major investors in the technology sector.

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China’s Baidu unveils two new AI models

21/03/2025 (Fri)

HONG KONG: According to China’s Baidu, it has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI) models, the multimodal ERNIE 4.5 and a new reasoning-focused model called X1, as it vies to stand out in a fiercely competitive AI race.

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