Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has resparked efforts in the House of Representatives to institutionalize an artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework by filing a related bill to start the second regular session. Diokno introduced House Bill (HB) No. 10362 or the proposed AI Governance...
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 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...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and China’s Fujian Provincial Public Security Department have agreed to deepen intelligence sharing and law enforcement cooperation against transnational criminal syndicates following a meeting between their top officials. On Aug. 4, PNP chief General Jose...
The University of the Philippines College of Law will require offline classes and examinations for core subjects and prohibit the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for certain writing requirements among first-year law students under its new rules on AI use. In a policy statement...
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 5, ordered the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte to again review the documents submitted by the House prosecution panel pertaining to her alleged misuse of confidential funds. This,...
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Wednesday, August 5, ruled that there is no conflict of interest on the part of Michael Poa, serving as defense counsel for Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial despite his participation in a 2023 meeting with the...
There is a presumption that Vice President Sara Duterte used the confidential and intelligence funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for her personal benefit because she failed to comply with state auditing rules, a Commission on Audit (COA) auditor...
The Commission on Audit (COA) 's rules governing the audit of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) should be updated and expanded to ensure greater accountability, Senator-Judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Wednesday, Aug. 5. In Day 13 of the impeachment trial of Vice President...
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help developing economies such as the Philippines accelerate development, raise productivity, and create new opportunities, but the country must move quickly to adapt as one of its largest industries—the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector—faces mounting...
“If the 20th century ran on oil and steel, the 21st century runs on computers and the minerals that feed it,” said Jacob Helberg, the American undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs. The statement reflects the rationale behind the United States’ Pax Silica Initiative, an international...
Philippine enterprises are among Asia’s most optimistic about artificial intelligence (AI), with 91 percent holding a positive attitude toward its adoption, according to a survey commissioned by Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and AI arm of China ’s Alibaba Group. Results of Alibaba...
