MMarcus Tan· 1d agoThe World Bank Says AI Hardware Now Drives Most of Malaysia's Export GrowthMalaysia's 2026 forecast rises to 5.1%, but the same report warns that a pullback in AI capital spending would remove a key support.161 2
MMarcus Tan· 6d agoCalifornia Bans Firing by Algorithm Alone as Newsom Signs Workplace AI PackageThree new laws target AI-driven discipline, layoffs and emotion tracking, setting up another state-versus-Washington clash over who regulates AI.85 1
MMarcus Tan· Sep 17Google Keeps AdX, but the Ad Tech Ruling Rewrites How Its Auctions Work WorldwideJudge Brinkema's unsealed opinion swaps a breakup for six years of global conduct rules, a court-appointed monitor and forced interoperability with Prebid.★123 2
FFakhrul· Sep 7Thailand Freezes 166 Data Centre Projects While It Writes the RulesBangkok has paused 49 builds and more than 117 approvals to centralise licensing, a sharper version of the tightening Malaysia has been doing gradually.37 1
MMarcus Tan· Sep 4Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.9bn and Asks the Open-Source World to Trust ItThe world's dominant AI chip supplier now owns the default hub for open models, and its neutrality promises will be tested long before regulators finish their review.74 2
FFakhrul· Aug 31Malaysia Lifts the e-Invoicing Threshold to RM3m, Again Moving the Ground Under Software VendorsLHDN says more than 1.1 million smaller businesses are covered by the exemption from 1 September, and the ones that already integrated with MyInvois now have a choice to make.61 2
MMarcus Tan· Aug 22Malaysia Sets 2030 for Its First Arm-Based Chips to Reach ProductionTwo more local firms get access to Arm technology, but the timeline shows how long the road from licence to shipping product is.61 2
FFakhrul· Aug 3The EU AI Act's Transparency Rules Are Live, and Most Small Teams Are Not ReadyThe high-risk regime slipped to 2027, but Article 50 took effect on 2 August, and it touches every chatbot and image generator shipped into Europe.40 2
MMarcus Tan· Jul 21The $1.5bn Anthropic Settlement Is Final, and It Prices Piracy Rather Than TrainingA San Francisco judge has signed off on the largest copyright recovery on record, but the deal settles where the books came from, not whether models may learn from them.47 2
FFakhrul· Jul 13Malaysia's AI Governance Bill Would Reach Any Deployer Here, Wherever the Model RunsThe National AI Office has sketched a three-tier risk regime and a central authority, but left penalties and deadlines blank and given industry three weeks to respond.★47 2