PUTRAJAYA, June 12 — The sustainable design approach, emphasising the use of recycled materials and environmentally friendly technologies, needs to become the primary agenda of Malaysia's manufacturing industry.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The government will conduct a nationwide study and focus group discussions on online safety as well as organise the Malaysia Online Safety Legal Conference, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The police have busted a pornographic website syndicate with the arrest of four Chinese nationals, including a woman, along Jalan Tun Razak on Wednesday (June 5).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and turn Malaysia into a regional AI hub with a proposed investment of about RM10 billion.

BRUSSELS, June 6 — Meta Platforms was hit with 11 complaints today over proposed changes that would see it use personal data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models without consent, which may breach European Union privacy rules.

LONDON, June 6 — Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said yesterday there would be no rush to introduce detailed rules to regulate the rapidly developing use of artificial intelligence in financial services.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The formulation of a law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and curb the misuse of the technology for criminal purposes needs to be expedited.

BAGAN DATUK, June 2 — Despite the increasing efficiency of police operations, personnel need more advanced equipment to combat crime, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

SHAH ALAM, June 1 — The field of artificial intelligence (AI) in Malaysia needs to be applied with the values of ‘turath Islam’ (Islamic scholarly tradition), and not completely guided by the Western model, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 — Intel, Google, Microsoft, Meta and other tech giants announced on Thursday they are establishing a new industry group, the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Promoter Group, to guide the development of components that link together AI accelerator chips in data centres, said Xinhua.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — Google's US$2 billion (RM9.4 billion) investment will provide added value to efforts to improve the artificial intelligence (AI) literacy programme for the benefit of students and teachers, said the Education Ministry (MoE).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Malaysia is strategically positioned to capitalise on the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and emerge as Asean's premier data centre hub, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

KANGAR, May 24 — The Education Ministry aims to improve teacher competencies with suitable training to ensure they can effectively guide students in using artificial intelligence (AI).

SEOUL, May 21 — Global leaders and officials taking part in an artificial intelligence (AI) summit being hosted by South Korea and the United Kingdom are expected to strike new agreements focused on how to practically regulate the rapidly evolving technology, government and industry sources said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 18 — Malaysia is one of the Commonwealth countries at the forefront in developing digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI), said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — Students at institutions of higher learning (IPT) will have access to existing information and findings of research at ministries and government agencies before May 24, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang.

DOHA, May 14 — Malaysia must explore the potential for cooperation with Qatar in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector and take advantage of the incentives amounting to nine billion Qatari riyals (RM11.67 billion) announced by the kingdom.

DOHA, May 14 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said a firm “no” to a second casino in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to hasten the pace in building an artificial intelligence (AI) nexus is timely as currently, any work towards this in Malaysia is minimal or non-existent, says economist Geoffrey Williams.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 — TikTok said today it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and uploaded to the video sharing service.