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Cracking the crux of AI adoption: Can mobile marketers strike a balance between innovation and privacy?

In the years to come, marketers will need to stay agile as data regulations evolve, consumer expectations rise, and AI innovation accelerates. The long-term value of AI will depend on how well systems are explained, trusted, and governed.

Zoom: despite strong preference for AI, 92 percent of Singapore AI natives still want the option of human support in customer interactions

Despite strong preference for artificial intelligence (AI), 92 percent of Singapore AI natives still want the option of human support in customer interactions, a new study commissioned by Zoom revealed Wednesday.

Fintech giant Stripe to power global internet commerce growth from Asia with stablecoins & AI 

“Asia is showing extraordinary resilience and focusing on international growth,” said Sarita Singh, regional head and managing director for Southeast Asia, India, and Greater China at Stripe.

75 percent of APAC CFOs believe AI Agents will drive revenue, transform existing organizational structures: Salesforce research

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in Asia Pacific (APAC) have fundamentally shifted their approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to new research from Salesforce, moving from cautious spenders to strategic investors who are betting on AI not just for cost-cutting, but as a crucial engine for long-term revenue growth.

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Songdo two decades on: The cautionary tale in smart city design

Cities need systems that can adapt in real time, not ones that wait for instructions from a central office. DePIN makes this possible by distributing control across the network.

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Asia Pacific’s next AI breakout: Why the future belongs to builders of agentic and vertical AI

Innovation in AI is just getting started. But if there’s one lesson from the boom so far, it’s this: success doesn’t belong solely to the fastest builders. It belongs to those who understand what customers need, move fast and smart to meet those needs, and choose systems that can scale with them.

Malaysia’s AI optimism balanced by calls for greater transparency, fairness and human oversight: Telenor Asia

Malaysian internet users are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) as a powerful tool for productivity, learning, and daily convenience, but they are doing so with discernment, according to Telenor Asia Digital Lives Decoded 2025: Building Trust in Malaysia’s AI future report released on last Thursday.

Zetrix AI expands ASEAN China AI lab to Indonesia

Malaysia-based Zetrix AI Berhad, formerly known as MY E.G. Services Berhad, has signed a teaming agreement for the establishment of the ASEAN China AI Lab in Indonesia, making it the second such center after the opening of the government to government (G2G) endorsed project’s flagship in Malaysia earlier this year.

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Rethinking business information access: The role of conversational AI

The rise of conversational AI in business information is not simply a technological development. It represents a fundamental change in how professionals interact with data. Rather than passively receiving reports, users are now actively engaging with real-time insights.

NTT DATA and Google Cloud join forces to boost Agentic AI and cloud transformation in APAC

NTT DATA, a Japan-based digital business and technology services firm, announced Thursday a global partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud innovations and unlock new possibilities with AI for enterprise organizations across industries.