The use of artificial intelligence (AI) across Southeast Asia is accelerating faster than governments, schools, and institutions can keep pace with, with 75% of students using AI in the Philippines, according to studies released by the Asean Foundation. “Across Asean, we are seeing AI use grow faster than our systems’ ability to guide it,” said Asean...
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Data centers raise concerns for energy-burdened households
In a low-income community in the Metro Manila suburb of Fairview, a large rectangular structure is rising near a busy highway clogged with vehicles, commuters, and commerce. Few passersby realize that this building is one of four data centers that will be built in Fairview. Together, they will draw up to 124 megawatts (MW) of...
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When AI goes berserk, be prepared to die
On July 4, 2005, I died a violent death. Then, in 2018, I died again, this time of natural causes. In both cases, my obituaries were written. Yet here I am today, still alive but close to dying, a centenarian tycoon quietly admiring my art and watching my kids run the empire I built. How...
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AI can cut tuberculosis screening time from 2 or 3 days to a minute
There is much debate concerning the uses of AI, but there is also something to be said about how it can be employed to make tuberculosis (TB) screening faster, more efficient, and more accessible, especially in the Philippines, which is flagged by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the 10 “high-burden” countries in...
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Experts to tackle AI, mental health issues in conference
The World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) Philippines will hold its annual conference to discuss contemporary developments and current concerns in mental health in the country on Nov. 28-29 at the Pag-asa Hall of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong City. Actions for harnessing new technologies and new concepts in the promotion...
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UP-organized conference on AI to showcase cutting-edge applications in critical sectors
With the 2024 Nobel Prize hailing the scientific breakthroughs that made artificial intelligence (AI) technology possible, the University of the Philippines has gathered experts for a conference underscoring AI’s profound impact on society, modern science, and the research community. “AI Horizons PH ’24: Conference on AI-Powered Research and Innovation” scheduled on Oct. 24 and 25 at...
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Facebook, other traditional socmed platforms wane as news sources in PH — Digital News Report 2024
Adult Filipinos are relying less on Facebook and other legacy social media platforms for news, increasingly turning to video-centric TikTok amid changing news consumption habits. The trend mirrors the global decline in traditional social media usage for news as detailed in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report (DNR) released on June 17. This year’s report...
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‘What film can do more than what film can say’
What’s on the world cinema landscape this year? The prevailing temperament, style and substance of filmmakers and markets in the Asian capitals, including Manila? Writer-producer Roger Garcia, who was born in Hong Kong but grew up in England, is one of the best resource persons to talk about movies. He is the executive director and...
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A meditation on technology and humanity
There is much talk these days about how artificial intelligence or AI could threaten human existence. AI is feared to achieve such a high degree of self-learning that it will surpass human intelligence and may consider us a threat and turn upon us. Really now? Certainly, the importance of AI in our lives is impossible...