By the end of this decade, the distinction between Malaysia’s “digital economy” and its traditional economy could begin to disappear. Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving rapidly beyond the chatbot. The next generation of agentic systems will increasingly execute workflows, analyse complex information and coordinate decisions with limited human intervention. Physical AI will push that intelligence…
The digitisation of the Indian economy is not just a development in technology but a revolution in how business processes function, commerce is executed, and consumer interactions take place. With the adoption of digital payment platforms, online commerce, financial innovations, the use of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and data technology, economic activities have been…
Companies like Meta and IBM are exploring explore how AI can hyper-personalize ads, drawing from our chat histories, playing to our unique fears and vanities. A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you’re quite aware of the profit motive, and you can…
Webber Wentzel’s Kim Rew and Jered Shorkend explain how artificial intelligence is transforming the insurance and financial services sectors. Picture a rainy Wednesday morning in Sandton, sometime in the near future. A claims handler opens their laptop, and right away, things move much faster than they used to. For every new email, the company’s artificial…
The attorney-client privilege applies to communications between a client and his or her attorney that are intended to be, and in fact were, kept confidential for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal advice.” The attorney work product doctrine shelters the mental processes of the attorney, providing a privileged area within which he can analyze and…
A new report from the St. Louis Fed shows that economic output is trending higher, even though employee head-count has barely moved. A few years ago, you might have blamed pent-up demand or a lucky sales run. In late 2025, the more honest explanation is that a growing share of your team has a chatbot open in…
A visitor interacts with a robot equipped with intelligent dexterous hands at the 2025 World AI Conference in East China”s Shanghai, July 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Generative AI is transforming how we work, learn and live, posing fundamental challenges to traditional education. Debates over whether AI will “replace education” reflect deeper questions: how humans and machines…
Last Updated:February 01, 2026, 20:00 IST At the heart of Budget 2026 is artificial intelligence, now firmly institutionalised as both economic and governance infrastructure Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2026-27. India’s Budget 2026 signals a decisive shift from digitisation-driven growth to capability-led industrialisation, placing deep technologies, AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and space…
Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 08:46 IST There is an urgent need to document growing ‘Hinduphobia’ on digital media platforms, especially social media There needs to be a concerted attempt to document the ‘Hinduphobia’ on digital media platforms and especially social media. An increasingly disturbing pattern that promotes ‘Hinduphobia’ is becoming more and more visible on…
