Digital era: Malaysia to empower MSMEs in AI, says Gobind

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The government will continue to ensure that the use of 5G networks and artificial intelligence (AI) can be achieved by the private sector, especially the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), to boost business and productivity.  Speaking at the launch of Alibaba Cloud's Digital Accelerator Programme on Aug 1, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said efforts include a digital empowerment initiative by Alibaba Cloud among local talents by building a broad, inclusive ecosystem, supported by funding, training and technical support.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Together now. Yes!

00:07Aligning with the Mandali Economy Framework for strengthening the digital economy,

00:13I am pleased to announce that Alibaba Cloud's Digital Accelerator Programme

00:19that will be launched to support Malaysia's digital roadmap.

00:25We aim to train and certify more than 500 startups in Malaysia by the end of 2025

00:34to establish Alibaba Cloud Academy Skills Centres at least 5 universities

00:41that will provide free access to Alibaba Cloud Academy and certifications

00:48in goal of certifying 10,000 students by the end of 2025.

00:57We are also committed to grooming 50 independent software vendors

01:06by equipping them with Alibaba Cloud technology and particularly in generative AI.

01:15By building such an AI-driven ecosystem, Alibaba Cloud with these ISPs aim to assist

01:23and onboard 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises on their digitalization journey this year.

01:32Separately, to satisfy the growing needs of AI adoption in Malaysia,

01:39I would like to announce the availability of our generative AI platform, we call it Model Studio.

01:48So, Alibaba's Model Studio platform, through this platform,

01:53Malaysian customers can access to Alibaba Cloud's large-language model, Cuban Family,

02:00including the both closed-source and also open-source models with multi-model capabilities

02:07to boost the AI adoption and application across all the various industries in Malaysia.

02:15I don't think one can dispute or deny the fact that the real power and ability of one to succeed

02:24in the economy moving ahead is through digital platforms.

02:31Conversations of the sort that we have today are most significant.

02:36You have digital platforms. Alibaba, I would like to congratulate you.

02:40In 2018, I officiated your office in Bangsa South.

02:45The pandemic pushed us back to thinking about how it is we can use digital tools available to us

02:54in ensuring that we as a nation could participate in this new area,

03:02this powerful new area that provides us with great new opportunities.

03:09When there are opportunities in the digital economy,

03:15we need to hold programmes where we can convince the public

03:19and encourage the public to use digital platforms

03:22so that they can also participate in the digital economy.

03:27In 2022, we saw approved investments in the sum of Rp 268 billion.

03:32In 2023, it went up to Rp 360 billion.

03:37There's a 23% spike in just one year because of the impact of digital.

03:42So I think when we look at the figures,

03:44we can all see that if we don't have the opportunity,

03:49if we don't take part in this new digital economy,

03:53we will be left far behind.

03:55And I think that's something we need to avoid.

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