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Two AI capabilities sit at the centre of the platform: an AI Medical Assistant for clinical decision support, and an AI Doctor Agent that individual physicians can configure for patient…
Researchers surveyed 122 medical AI developers across Singapore, China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, finding that 67% worked for organisations that had not adopted any regulatory framework.
Malaysia has announced AI Malaysia Berhad, formalising and expanding the National AI Office, and Malaysia AI Safety Institute, intended to strengthen technical capacity.
The platform is designed to support earlier diagnosis of lung disease, including lung cancer, by giving physicians access to small nodules deep within the lungs that are otherwise difficult to…
The Personalised Health Intelligence feature allows AskHEMI to build a profile of each user's conditions, medications, lab results, allergies and lifestyle, then draw on that profile when answering questions.
The two countries could advance collaboration through joint research, talent development, digital infrastructure and public-benefit technologies.
Oversight would be decentralised, with sector regulators - in health, for example - responsible for AI within their own industries, coordinated by a national AI steering committee.
The policy dialogue centred on the leadership and governance considerations needed for responsible AI adoption. Subsequent workshops focused on practical applications, regional experience and priority use cases.
AI governance will depend less on building increasingly capable systems than on strengthening the institutions responsible for deploying them wisely, writes Vishnu Narayan.