Malaysia opens public consultation on AI Governance Bill
The proposed Bill would introduce central institutional oversight, principle-based national baselines, and a risk-based approach to regulation.
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China launches new intergovernmental AI body, WAICO, with 29 founding members
China has positioned WAICO as an extension of a broader push into global technology governance, following earlier initiatives including the Global AI Governance Initiative and the AI+ International Cooperation Initiative.
Carna Health and Kazakhstan sign MOU on early detection of CKM disease
Carna Health and the Ministry of Health will evaluate pilot initiatives using digital health, evidence-based clinical pathways and population health management to strengthen preventive care.
FPT launches MediSight, an AI framework for healthcare compliance and data insight
The framework combines autonomous AI agents, healthcare-specific applications and AI-assisted engineering tools intended to support clinical, operational and regulatory workflows across the healthcare sector.
AI governance must account for sustainability, not just safety
The challenge ahead, says Vishnu Narayan, is ensuring that AI integration does not gradually erode resilience faster than societies develop new forms of institutional preparedness around it.
“Technology should support clinical judgement, not replace it”: inside Siloam’s Hospital of the Future
In an exclusive interview, Siloam President Director David Utama discusses the hospital network's push to build its own AI foundation, and efforts to reverse Indonesia's medical tourism outflow.
Heidi launches in UAE with 80,000 consultations already logged
Marking its entry into the GCC, Heidi's UAE launch is anchored by a strategic partnership with women's health clinic Nabta.
Between innovation and precaution: what Indonesia’s emerging AI governance framework signals for Asia
Indonesia is beginning to ask the right questions about AI governance in healthcare. HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan asks whether its approach could offer a model for the rest of ASEAN.
Direava develops surgical AI to help address Japan’s surgeon shortage
The company is training generative AI models using surgical video and clinical data to provide real-time assistance in the operating theatre.