The University of the Philippines Diliman University Council (UPD UC) on Monday, Nov. 6, condemned the government for allocation of funds to the Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) in the national budget for 2024. (UP Diliman) UPD UC said the House of Representatives' rejection of the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, November 5 reiterated his stand that the Office of the President should be given zero intelligence funds under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Pimentel insisted that departments or government...
The Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) underscored the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will support science communication. Photo from DOST-STII "AI is not here to take away our jobs but to make us more efficient in what we...
Academic institutions and government agencies should collaborate in creating technologies that acquire data on crops to help establish inflation policies, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. “The various technologies we discussed have significant potential to enhance our...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Wednesday, Oct. 25 led farmer groups in echoing calls for the "full abolition" of the confidential intelligence funds (CIF) and "to rechannel" the budget for agricultural subsidies and social services. Photo credit to Pixabay According to the assembly's...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to study and formulate policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-aided election campaign and propaganda materials. Go pointed out mobile apps that change the facial features of a...
Artificial intelligence (Unsplash) Citing privacy and security concerns, the House of Representatives has told its workers not to use artificial intelligence (AI) image generators. This was done in a memorandum dated Oct. 23, 2023 and titled, "Use of...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino on Saturday, Oct. 21, raised the issue of using artificial intelligence (AI)-aided election campaign and propaganda materials. Tolentino raised this issue before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and requested further study for future policy formulation,...
DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) Are you planning to try the viral "yearbook trend" where social media users upload their photos to an artificial intelligence (AI) photo generator that produces an enhanced image of themselves patterned like yearbook photos? If so, the Department of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that the Makabayan bloc filed a bill that sought transparency for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) even before the militants took to task Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot button issue? Makabayan member ACT...
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Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, October 15 questioned the criticisms being hurled at Vice President Sara Duterte regarding the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) request of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024. The...
