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Brunei: Small State, Strategic Standards
Brunei publishes AI Governance and Ethics Guide and enacts Personal Data Protection Order in rapid succession, building governance ahead of dedicated AI law.
Cambodia: Building Foundations for a Digital and AI-Ready Future
Cambodia drafts its first National AI Strategy with UNESCO support, targeting six priorities and 41 measures to close the readiness gap with regional peers.
Malaysia: From Guidelines to Legislation
Malaysia accelerates from voluntary AI ethics guidelines to binding legislation, with NAIO driving a risk-based framework targeting Cabinet by mid-2026.
The Loneliness Paradox: Asia's AI Companion Boom and the Emotional Dependency Crisis Nobody Saw Coming
Asia's AI companion boom reveals a fundamental mismatch between technological capability and human need. Platforms designed to ease loneliness are creating emotional dependencies.
China Isn’t Building a Better ChatGPT. It’s Building AI Into Everything.
The West races to build bigger foundation models, China's embedding AI into cars, batteries, drones, factories. The vertical strategy might be the smarter bet.
When Sci-Fi Stopped Being Fiction: 10 Times AI Made the "Impossible" Very Real
From self-replicating AI models to deepfake heists and robot surgeons, the sci-fi future is already here. We break down the wildest real-world examples and why it is not all doom and gloom.
The AI Generation Gap: Your Kids Are Using Chatbots and Nobody Knows What to Do About It
Children are adopting AI faster than parents or lawmakers can follow, and the risks are mounting.
Uzbekistan Wants to Train 5 Million People in AI. Can It Actually Pull It Off?
Uzbekistan plans to train 5 million citizens in AI by 2030. The ambition is real, but so are the cracks.
Saudi Arabia Declared 2026 the Year of AI. Its Citizens Got There First.
Gulf consumers adopted AI before their governments declared it the future
AI Is Quietly Redesigning What Asia Eats
From farm predictions to personalised menus, AI is reshaping every stage of how Asia grows, cooks, and eats.
Asia's AI Privacy Rules Just Got Very Expensive
Seven jurisdictions, USD 12 billion in compliance costs, and regulators finally issuing fines. Asia's AI governance era has arrived.
NotebookLM Just Became the Swiss Army Knife You Didn't Know You Needed
NotebookLM evolves from research assistant to full content production studio with slide decks, audio overviews, and eight output formats.