Despite fears of what artificial intelligence (AI) brings to the table, Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 22, underscored the role that the government and private sector must play to harness innovation and bridge the gap between risks and benefits. Vice President Sara Duterte...
Artificial intelligence will be a friend, not a foe, to the electronics manufacturing industry in the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia that's enjoying an AI-backed boom, according to the think tank Oxford Economics. "Of global semiconductor production capacity and supplies of key materials, 75...
The Supreme Court is considering turning to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help them in drafting decisions. SC court administrator Raul Villanueva disclosed this during the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the proposed P63.57-billion budget of the judiciary for 2025....
Users in developing countries such as the Philippines have been maximizing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT to make their work—and lives—easier, according to the World Bank. "Countries like India, Brazil, the Philippines, and Indonesia exhibit high rates...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. said on Wednesday, Sept. 11, that they will soon make use of artificial intelligence (AI) in weather forecasting, producing rain forecasts every 15 minutes. "Soon we will now operate through our research program to use AI in...
The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has announced plans to implement an artificial intelligence (AI) system aimed at enhancing the detection and monitoring of money laundering activities in the country. During the Department of Finance (DOF) budget deliberations on Tuesday, Aug. 27, AMLC...
Imagine a bodycam-wearing policeman apprehending a motorist in a road rage. All of a sudden, the bodycam started emitting a beeping sound after an automatic access to the database of the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed that the motorist is wanted for a case of murder. This is the kind of...
Department of Informational and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Monday, Aug. 5, warned that artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfake technology will be used to scam and hoax voters come elections. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy (Photos from Pixabay, Presidential...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Screenshot from Zoom) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has called the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake video of President Marcos as a malicious and...
(Unsplash) Citing the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the 2025 mid-term elections, the Commission on Eections launched the "Task Force Katotohanan, Katapatan at Katarungan (KKK) sa Halalan" during a recent stakeholders forum. ...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has committed to support the formulation of regulations that enable industries to leverage productivity-boosting technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that AI has substantial benefits,...
Corporates that use artificial intelligence (AI) in their governance systems should ensure that their stakeholders’ private information is secured, a lawyer-professor from De La Salle University said. In his paper “The Robo Corp: A.I. Robots in Philippine Corporate Governance,” James Keith...
