The metaverse is a complex topic. This emerging multisensory iteration of the web is a concept that has been heavily discussed by tech industry leaders, Satya Nadella of Microsoft as well as Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (formerly known as Facebook). Now, everyone’s talking about this infinitely...
Hyperscalers looking for geographic expansion should consider the Philippines for its strong legacy in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, future of work programs, and hyperscale roadmap—a study conducted by data analytics and consulting company GlobalData showed. GlobalData...
media Artificial intelligence (AI) could be a game changer in financial services because it can be used to develop customer-centric solutions in financial services, said Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) Head of AI Center of Excellence Dr. Adrienne Heinrich. "Besides looking at AI solutions...
The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to officially mark the agencies’ partnership on the implementation of the Artificial Intelligence...
Department of Science and Technology Emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) have made significant contributions in improving the quality of life and help deliver services to the people more effectively and efficiently. However, concerns have been raised whether AI would take job...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) has described as “significant milestone” the successful deployment of a validated artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for diabetic retinopathy screening last week, marking the first...
Silicon Valley's HyperVerge, one of the world’s largest identity verification firms, has expanded operations in the Philippines, seeing the country as the new growth center in Southeast Asia. Hyperverge_horizontalLogo_Bearddesign "Currently, we are working with three large financial institutions...
Officials from the science and technology departments of Israel and the Philippines have agreed to continue their discussions on potential cooperation in the areas of agriculture, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the conclusion of the just-concluded First Joint Committee Meeting...
The technology which seeks to determine whether a patient caught coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or simply a viral pneumonia, known as CHERISH App, and the gender-responsive COVID-19 Cases Monitor (CCMon) were the two COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies unveiled by the Department of...
The Philippines and Argentina may soon be partners in exploring useful application of artificial intelligence (AI). (Photo from DOST) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said it has been in touch with Argentina’s Industrias Metalurgicas Pescarmona S.A. (IMPSA) to explore the benefits...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Imagine this. On your next grocery trip (wearing a face mask of course), you pick up an item listed on your shopping list. You put it in your bag. And then you walk out of the store to accomplish the rest of your day’s errands. In this instance, no crime was...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday welcomed the proposed establishment of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (N-CAIR) under the recently launched AI roadmap. To sustain this program, Gatchalian said it is imperative that the country’s high school students are equipped with...
