4 h. ago In New Report, Walberg and Moolenar Identify More University Partnerships Threatening National Security

In New Report, Walberg and Moolenar Identify More University Partnerships Threatening National Security  Congressman Tim Walberg | (.gov)

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1 week ago Local AI models will live and die by the quality of their data sets

At Asean’s first ever artificial intelligence summit in Kuala Lumpur recently, YTL AI Labs, in partnership with the University of Malaya, launched a large language model (LLM) called ILMU – which translates from Malay into English as “knowledge” but is used in this instance by the developers as a Malay acronym. Billed as Malaysia’s first, fully sovereign AI model with data locally hosted, managed and governed, ILMU has been trained on local, contextualised data and outperforms global...

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1 week ago What Southeast Asia needs to succeed in building local AI models

At Asean’s first ever artificial intelligence summit in Kuala Lumpur recently, YTL AI Labs, in partnership with the University of Malaya, launched a large language model (LLM) called ILMU – which translates from Malay into English as “knowledge” but is used in this instance by the developers as a Malay acronym. Billed as Malaysia’s first, fully sovereign AI model with data locally hosted, managed and governed, ILMU has been trained on local, contextualised data and outperforms global...

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1 week ago As Trump welcomes Chinese students, schools cut ties under Republican pressure

While US President Donald Trump this week said he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into the United States, members of Congress in his Republican Party are increasingly moving to dismantle many of the long-standing partnerships that would make their arrival possible. On the day Trump said the US would welcome more Chinese students, Temple University in Philadelphia announced it was ending its partnership with the China Scholarship Council, the main Chinese government body funding study abroad...

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2 w. ago Iran nuclear deal risks collapse over European demand for talks, inspection

The 2015 deal under which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme is on the verge of collapse after its three European signatories last week threatened to reinstate United Nations sanctions if Tehran did not heed Western demands. With Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejecting pressure from his British, French and German counterparts on Friday to resume negotiations with a disinterested United States and allow UN inspectors back into nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the US in...

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3 w. ago Why Lockheed Martin’s new Philippine R&D hub will be on China’s radar

Lockheed Martin is set to establish an R&D facility in Manila in partnership with a major Philippine university, in a move analysts say will both strengthen the nation’s technological foundations and enmesh it further into Washington’s regional security framework. The American defence giant announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Southern Methodist University (SMU) aimed at boosting innovation, developing advanced technologies and nurturing local talent in partnership with Philippine academic...

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3 w. ago US defence giant makes a soft power play in the Philippines with R&D hub

Lockheed Martin is set to establish an R&D facility in Manila in partnership with a major Philippine university, in a move analysts say will both strengthen the nation’s technological foundations and enmesh it further into Washington’s regional security framework. The American defence giant announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Southern Methodist University (SMU) aimed at boosting innovation, developing advanced technologies and nurturing local talent in partnership with Philippine academic...

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