AI

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How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing sustainable crop management

The future holds a lot of hope for AI in sustainable agriculture as technologies like quantum computing are set to maximize AI processing capabilities, which will allow even more sophisticated modeling and real-time decision-making, consequently increasing the crop yield.

MDEC allocates $6.84M strategic grants to advance AI and industrial digitalization

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) said Tuesday that it is introducing two new grants totaling MYR 2.9 million ($6.84 million), aimed at accelerating digital transformation in two of Malaysia’s most strategic sectors — artificial intelligence (AI) and manufacturing.

Maybank sees Malaysia’s data center momentum may stall if Malaysia/Thailand face US chip curbs

Maybank Investment Bank said Malaysia's data center momentum may stall if the country and Thailand face chip curbs from the United States.

Malaysian Vision AI firm Tapway expands into Indonesia

Tapway Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia-based Vision artificial intelligence (AI) platform developer, announced Tuesday that it is expanding into Indonesia.

Indonesian AI-powered credit analysis startup Sxored secures funding led by East Ventures

Sxored, an Indonesia-based tech startup specializing in intelligent document extraction and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered credit document analysis, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from East Ventures, a sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Malaysia set to unveil AI guidelines for media, PR & digital content creation – report

The guidelines are to complement the country’s National AI Roadmap and uphold ethical, transparent and trustworthy communication practices as artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly shapes public discourse, according to national news agency Bernama.

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How can AI be the emotional shock absorber for today’s tariff-shaken e-commerce?

It might be time to rethink your brand’s use of AI as an operational tool and start building it into your customer relationship infrastructure.

Maybank sees strong AI growth potential in ASEAN amid modest VC funding

Maybank Investment Bank said Monday that venture capital (VC) investment in ASEAN artificial intelligence (AI) remains small - only $6 billion between 2020 to 2024, highlighting room for growth, especially in Malaysia.

Ant International launches built-in end-to-end AI travel companion for digital wallet, super app users with partners

With launch partners including Fliggy, Agoda and Trip.com, Ant International has introduced Alipay+ Voyager, an artificial artificial intelligence (AI) travel companion integrated into digital wallets for the travel industry to simplify and enhance travel experiences for global consumers.

Analyst sees limited impacts on Malaysia’s data centers despite Malaysia & Thailand may be on US AI chips restriction list

MIDF Research said Monday that it sees limited impacts on Malaysia's data centers despite Malaysia and Thailand may be on US's artificial intelligence (AI) chips restriction list.