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Travel through Thailand’s southern border provinces and you may notice something that sets many public signs apart from those found elsewhere in the country. Beneath the Thai text,…
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“How many?” “One, please.” It is a simple exchange at the entrance to a restaurant. Yet not so long ago, asking for a table for one could feel strangely uncomfortable. The host mig…
Read article →ภายในปี 2030 มาเลเซียต้องการเป็นมากกว่าประเทศที่ประชาชนและธุรกิจใช้AI รัฐบาลตั้งเป้าให้ประเทศสามารถสร้างเทคโนโลยี AI ของตนเอง มีบุคลากร ข้อมูล และโครงสร้างพื้นฐานรองรับการแข่งขัน ต…
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By 2030, Malaysia wants to be more than a country in which people and businesses simply use artificial intelligence. It aims to develop AI technologies of its own, build the talent…
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Malaysia is investing heavily in the infrastructure needed to become an AI Nation by 2030. Yet data centres require far more than chips and electricity. They also depend on water,…
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AI is giving politicians new ways to shape their public image, campaign without appearing in person and produce convincing attacks against their opponents. Governments are respondi…
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Artificial intelligence can now answer questions about almost anything. It can explain the history of a city, translate unfamiliar expressions, describe religious practices, sugges…
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Walk into a Malaysian kopitiam and order: “Kopi O kosong peng, satu—tapau!” The person behind the counter will probably understand you immediately. You have asked for one iced blac…
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When the Federation of Malaya gained independence on 31 August 1957, Malay had already been recognised as the national language under Article 152 of the Federal Constitution. Why,…
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Between 12 and 13 August 1945, an aircraft landed in Taiping, Perak, while returning from Indochina. On board were Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, two nationalist leaders who, only day…
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Every time we interact with AI, we are not merely sending a question into a system. We may also be revealing what we do for a living, what interests us, what concerns us, or even w…
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In the previous two articles, we began with a problem that has become increasingly important in the age of generative AI. In EP.1, we explored AI hallucination — the phenomenon in…
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