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How enterprise AI could reshape Asia’s economies
Cohere’s Asia-Pacific hub in Seoul reflects a growing contest to supply the AI that businesses, banks and public institutions will use to do their work.
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How enterprise AI could reshape Asia’s economies
Cohere’s Asia-Pacific hub in Seoul reflects a growing contest to supply the AI that businesses, banks and public institutions will use to do their work.
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What calls for a slower pace of AI frontier development could mean for APAC
As calls grow in the West for pacing frontier AI development (evaluation gates, rollback paths and human override before self-improving systems scale), what does that mean for AI investment and rollout in APAC?
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What a data centre actually is, and why APAC’s AI buildout is misread
The global AI boom is prompting markets to attract data-centre investment, but capability depends on the physical system of power, cooling, water, fibre, permits and credible local consent.
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Grab’s fintech push is testing what a SEA super-app is for
Grab still sells rides and meals at scale. Its fastest-growing business is now regulated finance. That is reshaping what “super-app” means for investors.
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What should organisations consider about retrieval-augmented generation?
AI writing at work often runs on retrieval-augmented generation. Genuine source links may be pulled in. However, humans should still read to verify.
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Why conversational AI is the next wealth interface, if humans stay in the loop
Longbridge’s Singapore AI suite puts research, portfolio context and order preparation in one dialogue. The open question is whether approval, advice labels and accountability still hold when a model output becomes an action.