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Malaysia's Zetrix AI Berhad group will establish as the underlying protocol for the Philippines' public blockchain infrastructure, marking the second country after Malaysia to adopt Zetrix as a sovereign-grade blockchain platform.

AI Singapore, a ministry-run talent development body, has launched the inaugural AI for Good Festival initiative, to expand AI literacy and responsible AI education at scale.

Ant Group has completed a strategic investment in Boohee Health, becoming its largest external shareholder with a stake of over 28 percent, as the two companies deepen cooperation in weight management and AI-driven health services.

Rather than reducing the importance of human creativity, AI will increase it. That starts with mindset: encouraging curiosity, rewarding experimentation and giving people the confidence to explore what these tools can do.

As many as 78 percent of Singapore IT leaders say a lack of real-time data infrastructure is stalling their efforts to scale AI, even as 75 percent are already deploying or piloting agentic AI solutions.

Google has unveiled new advertising and video commerce solutions for Southeast Asia at Google Marketing Live Southeast Asia in Singapore.

Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo and Grab Co-founder and Group CEO Anthony Tan are among more than 40 founding members of the newly-launched AI for Good Global Commission.

Boost, a Malaysian digital bank and fintech company, has announced enhancements to Boba AI, its agentic AI platform that enables customers to complete everyday banking tasks through chat and voice interactions across the Boost app and Boost Bank app.

While cybersecurity companies leverage AI to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponizing the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks —highlighted by the fact that 43 percent of organizations believe hackers are using AI-driven methods to boost their effectiveness. To stay protected, organizations must adopt AI-powered…

USD.AI, the financing platform for artificial intelligence (AI) compute assets, and BSQ Capital Partners, a Singapore-headquartered alternative asset manager, have on Tuesday announced the formation of a joint venture to provide senior secured, GPU-backed financing to operators of AI compute infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.