AI

Vietnam emerged as a focal point of NVIDIA's sovereign AI strategy, with the chipmaker announcing a new population-scale dataset developed with local technology giant FPT and confirming that Viettel AI is building a national legal AI application on NVIDIA's open model infrastructure.

Vietnam's FPT Corporation and Thailand's SCG will jointly develop artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation initiatives across SCG's business ecosystems, covering AI-driven operations, intelligent enterprise platforms, and ERP transformation.

Last Thursday, iFlytek unveiled its new AI smart glasses at BEYOND Expo 2026 in Macau under the theme Communication Without Boundaries, the World Before Your Eyes, showcasing the company’s latest push into AI-powered devices.

As many as 48 percent of Singapore's finance professionals fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will affect their own roles, although 81 percent say they are confident in their ability to learn and apply the technology, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Taiwan-based TECO Electric & Machinery will acquire a majority stake in Malaysian engineering firm Dynaciate, in a deal worth MYR200 million ($50.8 million), as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia’s AI data center infrastructure market.

KPMG has launched a Trusted Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Singapore, aimed at helping organizations strengthen governance and trust in artificial intelligence systems as adoption accelerates across industries.

Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) and OpenAI will launch “OpenAI for Singapore,” a joint initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s position as a hub for applied AI innovation.

Singapore and Google will jointly expand the deployment of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) across public services, research, education, and enterprise innovation.

Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are rapidly increasing investments in agentic AI, with 42 percent of organizations planning to allocate at least $1 million to AI agents over the next 12 months, according to a new report released by Informa and technology research firm Omdia.

Most bankers expect artificial intelligence (AI) agents to become part of the workforce within the next five years, according to the “AI in Banking Benchmark” report released by NASDAQ-listed nCino, a platform for agentic AI banking.