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Malaysia builds a new ‘Silicon Island’ to house its AI ambitions

The island is also expected to house office towers, hotels and waterfront apartments.

Silicon Island, a 930ha area south of Penang, is expected to add hundreds of billions of dollars to Malaysia’s economy and create some 220,000 jobs by 2050.

Young bankers to manage AI agents from start, Goldman exec says

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OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks grow

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In race with US, China struggles to recruit foreign AI researchers

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Financial institutions must remain accountable for use of third-party AI tools: MAS

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AI and work

Asian factory activity expands amid global AI boom

South Korea's export demand grew at its fastest pace in 15½ years in September.

Export powerhouses Japan, South Korea and Taiwan saw manufacturing activity expand on solid demand for chips and artificial intelligence-related goods.

Bee Cheng Hiang customers’ e-mail addresses exposed in first case of AI-related data breach in S’pore

Nvidia adds US$150 billion to massive stock buyback, the largest ever

Nvidia rival AMD to buy industry pioneer’s AI start-up World Labs for US$8.2 billion

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A hacking competition shows the power of China’s approach to AI

Cade Metz

AI can uncover others’ secrets. Can we resist judging and sharing?

Adrian Kwek

The problem with P(doom)

Tim Harford

The rules of AI etiquette

Pilita Clark

AI safety

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No report of rogue AI agents attacking S’pore government agencies: Josephine Teo

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OpenAI says three employees fired for mishandling ‘sensitive’ info

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Rogue OpenAI agents covered up tracks after hacking government websites, report says

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Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal e-mails from AI experts

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