<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (Dec 4): Singapore is acutely aware that every leading city in the world wants to be an artificial intelligence (AI) hub, and it cannot compete head-on in terms of size or fiscal resources, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>But the city-state has plans to grow its AI talents — which include tripling the number of data, machine learning scientists, and engineers to 15,000; and training locals and welcoming foreign professionals with the skill sets to complement the local workforce.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Wong spoke at the first Singapore Conference on AI (SCAI) on Monday, in front of an audience of<a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/artificial-intelligence/singapore-acutely-aware-global-competition-be-ai-hub-plans-triple-ai" target="_blank"><em>...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)</em></a></p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>


SINGAPORE (Dec 4): Singapore is acutely aware that every leading city in the world wants to be an artificial intelligence (AI) hub, and it cannot compete head-on in terms of size or fiscal resources, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Singapore ‘acutely aware’ of global competition to be AI hub, plans to triple AI talent pool to 15,000

<p>Malaysia has formally ratified the UK's accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).</p>


Malaysia formally ratifies UK's accession into trans-Pacific trade deal

<p>Asian shares extended their rally on Friday, bathing in the afterglow of an outsized interest rate cut in the United States, while the yen was jittery ahead of a monetary policy decision in Japan as traders look for clues about future tightening.</p>


Asian shares bathed in Fed afterglow, yen jittery ahead of BOJ

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): RHB Research has maintained its “overweight” call on the Malaysian property sector, forecasting strong capital inflows and renewed buying interest as global interest rates begin to decline.</p>


Rate cuts to see more capital flow into Malaysian property sector, says RHB

<p>Shares of Eco World Development Group Bhd (KL:ECOWLD) rose on Friday to their highest in seven weeks after the property developer reported better-than-expected third-quarter results.</p>


EcoWorld shares climb to seven-week high after 3Q results beat estimates

<p>Thailand’s baht is on course for its biggest quarterly gain since the Asian financial crisis, threatening to derail a recovery in the nation’s key tourism and export industries.</p>


Baht’s biggest rally since 1998 threatens Thailand’s tourism, exports

<p>Wall Street traders betting the Federal Reserve (Fed) will be able to engineer a soft landing spurred a rally in riskier corners of the market, with stocks hitting all-time highs.</p>


S&P 500 hits record high buoyed by economic hopes

<p>Warren Buffett’s continued disposals of Bank of America Corp shares have now covered the billionaire’s investment cost, leaving him with a more than US$34 billion (RM142.57 billion) stake that’s pure profit.</p>


Buffett’s remaining US$34b Bank of America stake is now pure profit

<p>Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a report released on Thursday.</p>


Social media users lack control over data used by AI, US FTC says

<p>（吉隆坡20日讯）第三季业绩优于预期，绿盛世（Eco World Development Group Bhd）（KL:ECOWLD）攀升至7周高位。</p>


第三季业绩优预期 绿盛世攀至7周高位

<p>The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept interest rates steady on Friday and revised up its assessment on consumption, signalling its confidence a solid economic recovery will allow the central bank to raise interest rates again in coming months.</p>


BOJ keeps interest rate steady, upgrades view on consumption

<p>Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.</p>


Japan's core inflation accelerates for fourth month in August

<p>His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, is scheduled to meet with two top Chinese leaders, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, on Friday.</p>


King of Malaysia to meet two top Chinese leaders on Friday

<p>Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) is exploring the use of advanced water treatment technologies through artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor, predict and detect the quality of raw water from Selangor’s rivers before it is treated at the state’s 34 water treatment plants.</p>


Air Selangor looking into AI solutions to better manage water pollution

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): Mizuho Bank Malaysia Bhd launched its Islamic Banking Window (IBW) on Friday, which enables provision of Islamic finance products in ringgit.</p>
