The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is tapping conglomerate Ayala Corp. to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) tool aimed at streamlining tax legal research and regulatory reviews, accelerating processing times across the agency. BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza and Ayala Data...
Malacañang said existing rules governing confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) should not be a problem if officials comply with them honestly, as the Commission on Audit (COA) considers amendments to the guidelines on their use. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire...
A P162.9-million boost in the 2026 budget of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), facilitated by Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson and then Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian, helped the agency integrate artificial intelligence(AI) in its anti-money laundering efforts this year....
Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Wednesday, August 26 that the body can compel the Office of the Vice President to produce evidence that the confidential funds given to the agency were utilized properly and given as rewards to informants. Escudero...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as generative technologies increasingly raise concerns about artists’ livelihoods, a representative said Tuesday. The move comes after a variation...
Five higher education institutions (HEIs) have been recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to offer 55 for-credit micro-credentials in fields ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity to healthcare, tourism, and culinary arts. The newly recognized providers are...
Vice President Sara Duterte called for ensuring that the Filipino language remains a vital tool for knowledge and digital innovation amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), as the country celebrates Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa. In a statement released on Monday, Aug. 24, Duterte...
Weak and fragmented data systems are threatening to hold back the Philippines’ artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, prompting the World Bank to call for greater investment in the infrastructure and governance needed to unlock the technology’s economic potential. In its policy note “From...
Authorities have reminded the public to use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly after AI-generated images showing people in Philippine National Police (PNP) uniforms circulated on social media. On Friday, Aug. 21, the San Juan City police warned that such images could mislead the public into...
NIGHT OWL When I studied abroad, I made a deliberate decision to return to the most fundamental questions. Before thinking about artificial intelligence, national strategy, or the technologies that promise to transform our future, I wanted to understand how things actually worked. I wanted to...
The Philippines recorded the second-largest increase in 10-year government bond yields among selected Asia-Pacific economies since the war in the Middle East began, raising the government’s borrowing costs at a time when the Marcos Jr. administration is relying heavily on domestic debt to finance...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 16 said the Senate will strictly implement a no confidential and intelligence fund policy to non-enforcement government agencies to avoid a repeat or possible abuse of these funds in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. “We...
