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- Adyen said it had issued over 2 billion active network tokens. Network tokens are a secure substitute for card numbers.
- Alibaba unveiled Smart Assistant, an AI purchasing tool for businesses, to "streamline digital trade operations for foreign trade suppliers" both within and outside the Alibaba ecosystem.
Alibaba's Taobao subsidiary beta-launched Taobao Wenwen, a gen AI tool embedded in its Taobao app. As of November, Alibaba said millions of users had tried the tool. Taobao Wenwen helps shoppers refine searches and guides decision-making through AI-powered question-and-answer sessions.
- Apple's iPhone 15 series is launched with USB-C instead of Lightning support.
- Google is 25.
- IBM shared that new generative AI foundation models and enhancements are coming to watsonx. The enhancements include a technical preview for watsonx.governance, new generative AI data services for watsonx.data, and the planned integration of watsonx.ai foundation models across select software and infrastructure products.
- Indonesia banned e-commerce on social media platforms, nipping the growing e-commerce aspirations of businesses like TikTok in the bud.
- Meta introduced new AI experiences, from a sticker maker to an advanced AI assistant, Meta AI, and AI personalities based on celebrities like Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, Kendall Jenner, and Naomi Osaka.
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| Source: Veeam. Spiteri. |
"The way forward continues to be unclear as companies remain divided on what is ethically acceptable...The creation of Billie Jenner, the AI-alter ego of supermodel Kendall Jenner, has led to concerns about the ethical implications and potential for misuse," said Anthony Spiteri, Regional CTO APJ for Veeam.
"The unsettling instances of deep fakes, such as the unauthorised use of a celebrity’s likeness in scams, underscore the risks associated with these AI-generated creations as they increase the effectiveness of
phishing attacks and thus entry paths to ransomware."
- Microsoft Copilot, "your everyday AI companion", is launched. Copilot in Windows 11 is in preview.
- Prakerja and Microsoft launched the Talenta AI Indonesia Program to equip 100,000 youths with AI skills. In the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) partnered with Microsoft to narrow the digital divide and provide employment opportunities for over 1.2 million technical-vocational education and training students.
- Microsoft and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced digital sustainability guidelines to accelerate education and awareness among businesses and developers as they build sustainable applications by design.
- OpenAI added voice and image capabilities to ChatGPT. Users can now have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what they’re talking about.
- Oracle and Microsoft introduce Oracle Database@Azure, which provides customers the ability to run databases directly in Microsoft Azure. This enables Oracle users to make use of AI services like Azure OpenAI.
- ServiceNow launched the Now Assist family, bringing gen AI across its Now Platform workflows. Available in the Now Platform Vancouver release, Now Assist solutions span IT service management, customer service management, HR and coding capabilities. A domain-specific ServiceNow large language model was also released.
- A fund managed by investment firm KKR invested up to S$1.1 B for a 20% stake in Singtel's data centre business.
August 2023
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| Source: Salesforce. Abraham. |
- ASEAN endorsed a study on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), paving the way for negotiations to begin. The DEFA seeks to offer a roadmap to accelerate trade growth, enhance interoperability, create a safe online environment, and increase participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
"The launch of negotiations for a new ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) in September marks a milestone for facilitating seamless and secure data flows across ASEAN member states. With negotiations set to conclude by 2025, the next two years will be a window of opportunity for ASEAN to realise its ambitions for digital integration and write its own rules for data governance," said Sujith Abraham, Senior VP and GM ASEAN for Salesforce."Having a framework that makes trusted data sharing the default, without jeopardising data sovereignty, will help enhance competitiveness in the region, and unlock ASEAN’s next phase of growth."
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| Source: Jumio. Ho. |
"This case marks the first instance where law enforcement in Hong Kong has made arrests linked to deepfake technology, and unfortunately, similar incidents will continue to occur across the region," Jumio's Frederic Ho, VP of Asia Pacific said.
- Willy Cho is named the new CEO of Microsoft Korea.
- OpenAI launched ChatGPT Enterprise, which offers enterprise-grade security and privacy, unlimited higher-speed GPT-4 access, and longer prompts among other capabilities.
- Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk and NVIDIA formed the Alliance for OpenUSD to drive open standards for 3D content.
July 2023
- The Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency released a set of AI principles to guide the consistent, ethical and responsible use of AI by the Australian and New Zealand police.
- IBM began the rollout for watsonx, an enterprise-ready AI and data platform. Previewed in May, watsonx comprises three products – the watsonx.ai studio for new foundation models, generative AI and machine learning; the watsonx.data fit-for-purpose data store, built on an open lakehouse architecture; and the watsonx.governance toolkit to help enable AI workflows to be built with responsibility, transparency and explainability.
- OpenAI and other AI labs announce voluntary commitments to reinforce the safety, security and trustworthiness of AI technology and their services. The company also gives all paying API customers access to GPT-4.
- Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) announced a new regulatory framework that seeks to ensure more value stability for stablecoins regulated in Singapore.
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