Malaysia’s reliance on imported chips leaves its national AI road map at the mercy of shifting geopolitical winds
That road map for 2021 to 2025 placed particular emphasis on AI applications in supply chains; agriculture and forestry; medical and healthcare; smart cities and transport; and education and the public sector. Last year, the establishment of a National AI Office marked the government’s renewed commitment to building out Malaysia’s AI ecosystem, extending its focus to include micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Yet Malaysia’s AI journey is only just beginning. As the minister of science, technology and innovation has noted, only 13 per cent of smaller companies have adopted AI – despite them comprising 97 per cent of Malaysia’s businesses. The AI start-up scene is similarly nascent, with only a handful of fledgling firms harnessing machine learning, computer vision and robotics to create and commercialise new AI-powered solutions.
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