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Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI
Terry Felix​​   19 hours ago​  

Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI

The dominance of the United States and China in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLMs) technologies has raised sovereign concerns about other nations’ domestic AI capabilities. In response, “Sovereign AI”—a concept referring to a country’s capacity for developing and operating AI systems—has emerged as a global policy priority.

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Cambodia and Thailand agree on concrete steps to implement ceasefire at special GBC meeting in Koh Kong

Cambodia and Thailand agree on concrete steps to implement ceasefire at special GBC meeting in Koh Kong

Terry Felix​​   Yesterday at 8:00 am​  

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand have reaffirmed their commitment to peace and stability along their shared border, following the 1st Special Meeting of the General Border Committee (GBC) held on Wednesday September 10, 2025 in Koh Kong province. The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. General Tea

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Anutin takes helm as Thaksin flies the coop in Thailand

Anutin takes helm as Thaksin flies the coop in Thailand

Terry Felix​​   Monday 8 September 2025​  

BANGKOK – Where one royal deal collapses in Thailand, another rises in its wake. Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul was voted today by the 492-member parliament as the nation’s next prime minister, marking a new but likely short-lived chapter in the kingdom’s ever-volatile politics. Anutin, whose third-ranking conservative party (69

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Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI

Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI

Terry Felix​​   19 hours ago​  

The dominance of the United States and China in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLMs) technologies has raised sovereign concerns about other nations’ domestic AI capabilities. In response, “Sovereign AI”—a concept referring to a country’s capacity for developing and operating AI systems—has emerged as a global policy priority.

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Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’

Quantum computers the key to elusive ‘Theory of Everything’

Terry Felix​​   Yesterday at 3:59 am​  

During the first two decades of the 20th century, European science experienced a revolution. Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity offered a new model of the macrocosmos, while Niels Bohr and others developed the atomic model of the microcosmos. However, the two models resisted integration into a “theory of everything.” At

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Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI

Inside Japan’s struggle to build sovereign AI

Terry Felix​​   19 hours ago​  

The dominance of the United States and China in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLMs) technologies has raised sovereign concerns about other nations’ domestic AI capabilities. In response, “Sovereign AI”—a concept referring to a country’s capacity for developing and operating AI systems—has emerged as a global policy priority.

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Green building rating tools align with ASEAN taxonomy

Green building rating tools align with ASEAN taxonomy

Terry Felix​​   Yesterday at 9:25 am​  

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and OCBC have released a report analysing how Asia Pacific’s green building rating tools align with the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance. The study, titled Unlocking Capital: Aligning Asia Pacific’s Green Building Rating Tools to the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance, reviews 32 rating