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Malaysia is stepping up its efforts in 𝗔𝗜 and 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 with new regulations and partnerships, aiming to become a hub for ethical AI and 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. The government plans to create a national AI office to coordinate AI developments and introduce a cloud computing policy to 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, economic growth, and digital inclusion. The focus will be on data security and building trust in technology. A five-year plan for ethical and sustainable AI is also in the works. #AIInnovation #CloudComputing #EthicalAI #TechRegulations #DigitalTransformation #MalaysiaTech #AIRevolution #CloudPolicy #DataSecurity #DigitalGrowth #TechForGood #AIRegulations #SmartNation #TechPartnerships #PublicServiceInnovation #AIHub #SustainableTech #AITrends #TechLeadership #FutureOfAI

#ICYMI Beacon Global Strategies Managing Director Klon Kitchen's latest opinion piece in The Hill, "The US must secure its supremacy against China in AI and cloud computing." In it, Klon argues that China’s cloud giants are leveraging state support to offer services at drastically reduced prices. This aggressive pricing, coupled with low- or no-cost loans from the Chinese government, has enabled them to make significant inroads in developing regions such as Latin America, Africa, and Asia. These moves not only undermine American companies but also create dependency on Chinese technology, posing long-term security risks. #AI #cloudcomputing #Nationalsecurity #TechPolicy #China https://lnkd.in/eBXniQgT

As long as the cake of AI market is growing and the cake distribution mechanism is being optimized (Q1), every actor will get a fair piece of cake thanks to its respective effort (Q2, Q3). Q1: "The moves diverge from how AI is being commercialised in the west and capitalises on concerns at Chinese companies about protecting their data." Q2: "During China’s first rollout of cloud computing, Huawei established itself as the dominant provider for private clouds, especially for deep-pocketed government and state-owned groups. Alibaba and Tencent were left vying to provide computing power mostly to other internet groups." Q3: "Procurement records show China’s large state-owned groups have a preference for private cloud AI."

Exclusive: Chinese entities turn to Amazon cloud and its rivals to access high-end US chips, AI - https://lnkd.in/egu_p3t9 A very interesting read. State linked Chinese entities are using different strategies to access generative AI models & secure advanced computing power in the past year.

With Chinese New Year approaching - the year of the dragon 🐉 - we see the release of two impressive open-source models coming from China's Alibaba Group. ✔Qwen1.5 🔸 Base and chat models across six sizes 🔸 Quantized models for enhanced efficiency 🔸 Easy access via Hugging Face transformers 🔸 Improved multilingual capabilities 🔸 Better alignment with human preferences 🔸 Support for up to 32768 tokens in context length 🔸 Enhanced performance in language understanding, coding, reasoning, etc. 🔸 Simplified deployment and usage for developers Model: https://lnkd.in/dun7yKvN Blog: https://lnkd.in/ddNqjXDm ✔ Smaug-72B (a fine-tuned version of Qwen-72B) from Abacus AI 🔸 Tops HuggingFace's OpenSource Leaderboard 🔸 First model with an average score of 80 Model: https://lnkd.in/dK8zndvf Article: https://lnkd.in/dtRyAeMU #opensource #china #alibaba #huggingface #model #llm

My comments about the opportunities for industry players on Google's US$2 billion investment in Malaysia to setup the first Google data center and Google cloud region in The Business Times, the leading Singaporean financial newspaper under SPH media. Thanks Aileng Tan for including my comments. Check out the online article here: https://lnkd.in/gS4A44tc #Google #DataCenter #CloudRegion #AI #GCP

Governing through the cloud: the role of compute providers in AI regulation 26 April 2024, 2:00pm - 3:15pm Oxford Martin School & Online As jurisdictions worldwide start regulating the most powerful AI systems, there is a growing need for effective enforcement mechanisms that can both verify compliance and respond to violations. What role can compute providers such as Google Cloud play in supporting AI governance frameworks? Is it possible to establish a harmonised international compute oversight scheme among governments with competing political interests? What lessons can be learnt from existing international cooperation frameworks in other industries to inform global AI regulation? A presentation of key authors of the Oxford Martin School recent paper: Governing Through the Cloud: The Intermediary Role of Compute Providers in AI Regulation, delving deeper into these questions in a panel discussion with Noa Zilberman and other leading scholars from computer science, international relations, and beyond. Registration is not required Livestream: https://lnkd.in/egU4AwKQ

Of course, #Apple calls its AI Apple Intelligence. 'AI' just remains 'AI'. Cleverly done! The biggest surprise for me has to be the constant underpinning of the on-device functionality. This should be standard for such sensitive data. What the transparency of the 'private cloud compute' will look like, remains to be seen. The fact that sending data to OpenAI is only allowed with explicit permission is really very well-thought-out! Of all the artificial intelligences that are supposed to help us on a daily basis, 'Apple Intelligence' currently looks the most promising. Privacy is not a feature, it's a must-have! #WWDC24

Chinese organisations are cleverly using AWS and other cloud platforms to sidestep US technology restrictions, gaining access to advanced US tech without breaching any #regulations. According to the principle "Know your customer", Hyperscalers have to keep track of who is using its #AI #GPU capacities and to what extent. So, the US is well aware of at least directly attributable use of cloud facilities by entities tied to #China.https://https://lnkd.in/evwkkW3M