Known for its funny and heartwarming story of Ina Montecilo, played by Ai-Ai delas Alas, Star Cinema’s "Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat" made it to I ndieWire’s list of the 100 Best Movie Sequels of All Time, ranking 75th. It is one of only two Philippine films on the list, alongside Kidlat...
Fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to massive job losses in the Philippines’ information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry may be overstated as the sector continues to grow despite the rapid adoption of the technology, the country’s chief economist...
The Philippines risks falling behind the artificial intelligence (AI) boom as it benefits less from the surge in AI-related electronics exports while its massive business process outsourcing (BPO) industry faces growing exposure to automation, according to think tank Capital Economics. In a report...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered cybercrime police personnel to step up monitoring and operation against artificial intelligence-generated photos and videos that could mislead the public and spread false information on social media. This,...
Written with Edsel F. Tupaz House Bills 2827 and 3195, both filed under the Twentieth Congress, enumerate five fundamental rights every Filipino should enjoy in relation to AI systems -- the right to know, to remedy, to protection from unsafe systems, to privacy, and to freedom from algorithmic...
DAVAO CITY – A Davao City Councilor has called for the passage of a local ordinance that would penalize the creation, possession, and sharing of non-consensual digitally altered intimate images, including those generated using artificial intelligence. Councilor Bonz Andre Militar, chairperson of...
House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan has reminded the country’s future health workers that compassion is of their greatest strengths in an ever-evolving world. Libanan recently delivered a speech before graduating students and academic awardees at the University of...
NEW CLARK CITY — State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has dispelled assumptions that hyperscale data centers, whose energy requirements are enough to power as many as 100,000 households, would be constructed under the proposed Pax Silica artificial intelligence (AI)...
The Philippines is set to host its largest gathering on artificial intelligence and analytics this year, as AICON Manila 2026 returns on August 25 to tackle a pressing question: how should Filipinos shape the AI systems that increasingly influence their work, education, and daily lives? Organized...
The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law will prohibit the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and digital devices in most first-year Juris Doctor (JD) classes starting Academic Year 2026-2027, in one of the strictest AI policies yet adopted by a Philippine law school. The...
Temus, a Singapore-based AI and digital transformation company established by Temasek, today announced a strategic investment in Thinking Machines Data Science, a Filipina-founded AI and data company headquartered in the Philippines and OpenAI 's first official Services Partner in Asia...
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) has proposed the creation of a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Implementation Taskforce to accelerate the country’s adoption of AI, saying stronger coordination is needed to prepare workers, businesses, and government for the technology’s growing...
