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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Current computers not designed for AI, says Sam Altman, reversing stance on AI hardware
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills OpenAI CEO Sam Altman noted in a podcast recently that current computers are not designed for a world of artificial intelligence (AI), a sharp reversal of stance from his previous comment that artificial general intelligence (AGI) will not require new a podcast with his brother Jack Altman, Sam said current hardware is not able to keep up with changing and increasing AI demands. 'Now, we're in a different world, and what you want out of hardware and software is changing quite rapidly," he comments challenge the longstanding belief endorsed by Altman last year that AI advances only need software, and not any new had said smartphones are "extraordinarily more than capable" but he had indicated that users will be happy with a new device OpenAI chief has been discussing plans for a purpose-built AI companion device for some time now. The Verge reported that it would be pocket-sized, screen-free, and aware of its surroundings, not a wearable. This is where OpenAI's collaboration with Apple's former design chief Jony Ive comes in. This new form factor will be positioned as a third category of hardware, distinct from phones or has also confirmed in interviews and court filings that the ChatGPT maker is building AI-specific hardware and potentially even custom chips, a major move away from off-the-shelf servers and budding partnership between Altman and Ive to develop the new product hit a legal snag in June after a federal judge ruled they must temporarily stop marketing the new venture. OpenAI had announced in May it that was buying io Products, a product and engineering company cofounded by Ive, in a deal valued at nearly $6.5 billion. But it quickly faced a trademark complaint from a startup with a similar sounding name, IYO. The startup is also developing AI hardware, which it had pitched to Altman's personal investment firm and Ive's design firm in 2022.
Cision Canada
6 days ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
Chunghwa Telecom Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2025 Taiwan Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for Excellence in Data Center Services
The company is recognized for driving AI-ready infrastructure, strategic innovation, and sustainable growth in Taiwan's fast-evolving data center market. SAN ANTONIO, June 24, 2025 /CNW/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Chunghwa Telecom has been recognized with the 2025 Taiwan Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the data center services industry for its outstanding achievements in strategy development, infrastructure modernization, and customer-centric innovation. This recognition highlights Chunghwa Telecom's strategic focus on delivering scalable, sustainable, and AI-ready data center solutions tailored to the evolving demands of Taiwan's enterprise and hyperscaler clients. Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. Chunghwa Telecom excelled in both, demonstrating its ability to align strategic initiatives with market demand while executing them with consistency and scale. "Chunghwa Telecom demonstrates a strong focus on addressing emerging customer needs and transforming Taiwan's digital landscape by aligning its value propositions to address AI workloads' unique requirements in its existing and planned data center infrastructure facilities," said Nishchal Khorana, Associate Partner at Frost & Sullivan. Guided by a long-term growth strategy centered on infrastructure innovation, customer alignment, and sustainability, Chunghwa Telecom has consistently shown agility with its dynamic digital ecosystem. Its ongoing investment in advanced infrastructure, such as high-density data centers and AI-specific service offerings, positions the company as a key enabler of Taiwan's digital economy. Notably, Chunghwa Telecom's upcoming Taoyuan hyperscale facility—designed to deliver 12 megawatts of IT load—will set a new standard in energy-efficient, high-capacity colocation for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. "Chunghwa Telecom, as part of its AI 2.0 strategic initiative, is accelerating the network resilience at sea, on land, on space and in the air this year. The company will upgrade relevant IDC facilities across Taiwan into AI-ready data centers (AI-DCs), while also developing its own AI computing cloud platform. In parallel, Chunghwa Telecom will leverage its AI capabilities to promote industry domain-specific AI applications.", said Ben-Yuan Chang, President of Enterprise Business Group at Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's commitment to customer-centricity is reflected in its proactive approach to infrastructure modernization. The company's Existing Building Retrofitting Project, launched in 2024, focuses on converting legacy sites into AI-ready data centers through enhanced power, cooling, and structural capabilities. These retrofitted facilities complement its new builds, contributing to its continuously expanding total IT load capacity and making Chunghwa Telecom one of Taiwan's largest data center operators. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents the Competitive Strategy Leadership Award to a company that demonstrates outstanding strategy development and implementation, resulting in measurable improvements in competitive positioning. The award recognizes forward-thinking organizations that are reshaping their industries through innovation and growth excellence. Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry. About Frost & Sullivan For six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, megatrends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion. Contact: Tarini Singh E: [email protected] About Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") is Taiwan's largest integrated telecommunications services company that provides fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and internet services. The Company also provides information and communication technology services to corporate customers with its big data, information security, cloud computing and IDC capabilities, and is expanding its business into innovative technology services such as IoT, AI, etc. Chunghwa has actively and continuously implemented environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives with the goal to achieve sustainability and has won numerous international and domestic awards and recognitions for its ESG commitments and best practices. For more information, please visit our website at
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Linux Foundation Report Finds Organizations Embrace Upskilling and Open Source to Meet AI-driven Job Demands
Data reveals 94% of organizations expect AI to add significant value to operations; expanding AI-specific roles to workforce DENVER, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Source Summit North America -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today released its 2025 State of Tech Talent report in collaboration with LF Research and Linux Foundation Education. Based on insights from more than 500 global hiring and training leaders, the report highlights AI's growing influence on tech roles, preparedness for the workplace shift, and leveraging open source and upskilling to meet new demands. "Organizations are realizing that moving from pilot programs to widespread AI success depends not on access to tools but on having a workforce equipped to use them effectively. A recent report by BCG's AI practice notes that 70% of AI transformation is determined by the people and the processes supporting it," said Clyde Seepersad, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Linux Foundation Education. "The 2025 State of Tech Talent report reflects what we're seeing in the industry – a growing recognition that investing in training and hands-on experience is not just a talent strategy, it's a business strategy. The organizations making the biggest strides in AI implementation are those treating upskilling as a core capability, not a side initiative." AI Adoption Outpaces Capabilities and Widens the Skills GapAI is a game changer for many organizations, with 94% expecting AI to add significant value to their operations. However, less than half of organizations have the core AI skills necessary to adapt to the changing landscape, preventing them from achieving their full business and innovation potential. The report found that: 68% of organizations are lacking AI/ML skilled employees; an issue exacerbated by the ongoing staffing challenges in other areas like cybersecurity and compliance (65%), FinOps and cost optimization (61%), cloud computing (59%) and platform engineering (56%) 44% of respondents shared that the shortage of skilled workers is a major barrier to technology adoption Half of organizations surveyed report they are expanding their AI-specific workforce, hiring in new roles including AI/ML operations engineering leads (64%) and AI product managers (36%) "With the exponential increase of AI usage and heightened expectations for return on investment, comes the need for new skills – and new roles altogether," said Frank Nagle, Advising Chief Economist of the Linux Foundation. "But value is not derived just from the AI itself. The AI revolution is not just a technology acquisition race, but a catalyst for human capital transformation. In order to remain competitive in this new global landscape, organizations need to look at building their AI workforce from within." Making the Most of Changing Workflows with UpskillingEmerging technology and skills gaps are already impacting workflows. Two-thirds of organizations say AI has significantly changed how their teams work. Developers are increasingly required to validate AI-generated code, AI expertise is now expected for incoming hires, and many entry-level tasks are being automated by AI. In response, organizations are doubling down on upskilling. The report found that: 72% of respondents prioritize upskilling existing staff, up from just 48% in 2024 Upskilling is 62% faster than hiring new talent and technical training programs are 91% more effective at improving retention 71% of organizations consider certifications important when recruiting new talent, evidencing their role in validating professional competence 56% of organizations rely on upskilling over hiring or contracting to fill AI/ML skill needs Open Source: The Unexpected Employee Engagement and AI EnablerOpen source also plays a strategic role in AI implementation as 40% of respondents leverage open source frameworks, models and tools to accelerate AI adoption. The survey shows that organizations embracing open source practices see stronger employee retention and skill development, with 91% of organizations report technical training as an effective tool for talent retention and 84% say having an open source culture improves retention. Additionally, a report from the Linux Foundation and Meta, The Economic and Workforce Impacts of Open Source AI, shows that open source culture enables interorganizational collaboration, resulting in faster development of high-quality models and AI innovation. "The data is clear," said Seepersad. "AI is driving a sweeping shift in how technical work is done, and organizations that align their upskilling strategies with the realities of AI-driven workflows and enable open source collaboration will be best positioned to compete in the years ahead." Explore the full 2025 State of Tech Talent findings. To learn more about the Linux Foundation, please visit: About Linux Foundation EducationLinux Foundation Education provides best-in-class technology training through instructor-led and e-learning courses, workshops, and flexible subscription options. Our offerings also include a constantly expanding library of microlearning resources—such as videos, microcourses, and case studies—designed to fit into busy schedules. Our globally recognized certifications meet rigorous industry standards, giving recipients a trusted way to demonstrate their capabilities. Backed by an exceptional customer success team, we offer responsive support and tailored training solutions that empower both individuals and organizations to thrive. About Linux Foundation ResearchFounded in 2021, Linux Foundation Research explores the growing scale of open source collaboration, providing insight into emerging technology trends, best practices, and the global impact of open source projects. By leveraging project databases and networks and committing to best practices in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, Linux Foundation Research is creating the go-to library for open source insights for the benefit of organizations worldwide. About the Linux FoundationThe Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, LF Decentralized Trust, ONAP, OpenChain, OpenSSF, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, Zephyr, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at For a list of trademarks of the Linux Foundation, please see its trademark usage page: Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Media ContactKristi PiechnikThe Linux Foundationkpiechnik@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE The Linux Foundation Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Sun
17-06-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Malaysia needs comprehensive AI-focused laws
BANGI: Malaysia must introduce dedicated legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and mitigate its associated risks, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said yesterday. Speaking after her ministry's monthly assembly and the launch of the National Legal Academy, Azalina confirmed she had formally written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to initiate discussions on developing AI-specific laws. 'I've proposed a meeting between the Legal Affairs Division and the Digital Ministry to explore a legislative framework for AI,' she said. Azalina stressed that AI operates on a fundamentally different paradigm from conventional technologies and cannot be governed under existing legal frameworks. She pointed to the European Union's AI Act – the world's first comprehensive AI legislation – as a model Malaysia could study and adapt to local needs. 'We must look at global frameworks like the EU's AI Act, which categorises risks and defines responsibilities, to see how they can inform Malaysia's approach,' she said. She also highlighted broader efforts to digitise the judicial system, including the use of voice-to-text transcription and online filing, noting that such systems must extend beyond Putrajaya to district courts nationwide. Gobind had earlier announced that a detailed proposal on Malaysia's AI regulatory roadmap, currently being finalised by the National Artificial Intelligence Office, would be ready by the end of June. The roadmap may include new legislation, regulatory rules or standard-setting frameworks. Azalina also called for stronger corporate accountability laws, citing the recent fatal bus crash in Gerik that claimed 15 lives. 'We need serious policy discussions around corporate negligence and potential laws on corporate manslaughter, especially when public safety is compromised,' she said. Separately, she confirmed that the Online Safety Act 2024 – which has been gazetted – is awaiting its enforcement date. The Act will come into effect once Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil signs the enforcement order. Once in force, the law will allow for immediate regulatory action against harmful online content and introduce a statutory duty of care on platform providers. An online safety committee will also be formed to define and classify online harms, although child-related matters will remain governed under the Child Act 2001. Azalina confirmed she had formally written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to initiate discussions on developing AI-specific laws. – Amirul Syafiq/theSun
The Sun
17-06-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Azalina urges AI laws, cites EU model as reference
BANGI: Malaysia must introduce dedicated legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and mitigate its associated risks, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said yesterday. Speaking after her ministry's monthly assembly and the launch of the National Legal Academy, Azalina confirmed she had formally written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to initiate discussions on developing AI-specific laws. 'I've proposed a meeting between the Legal Affairs Division and the Digital Ministry to explore a legislative framework for AI,' she said. Azalina stressed that AI operates on a fundamentally different paradigm from conventional technologies and cannot be governed under existing legal frameworks. She pointed to the European Union's AI Act – the world's first comprehensive AI legislation – as a model Malaysia could study and adapt to local needs. 'We must look at global frameworks like the EU's AI Act, which categorises risks and defines responsibilities, to see how they can inform Malaysia's approach,' she said. She also highlighted broader efforts to digitise the judicial system, including the use of voice-to-text transcription and online filing, noting that such systems must extend beyond Putrajaya to district courts nationwide. Gobind had earlier announced that a detailed proposal on Malaysia's AI regulatory roadmap, currently being finalised by the National Artificial Intelligence Office, would be ready by the end of June. The roadmap may include new legislation, regulatory rules or standard-setting frameworks. Azalina also called for stronger corporate accountability laws, citing the recent fatal bus crash in Gerik that claimed 15 lives. 'We need serious policy discussions around corporate negligence and potential laws on corporate manslaughter, especially when public safety is compromised,' she said. Separately, she confirmed that the Online Safety Act 2024 – which has been gazetted – is awaiting its enforcement date. The Act will come into effect once Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil signs the enforcement order. Once in force, the law will allow for immediate regulatory action against harmful online content and introduce a statutory duty of care on platform providers. An online safety committee will also be formed to define and classify online harms, although child-related matters will remain governed under the Child Act 2001. Azalina confirmed she had formally written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to initiate discussions on developing AI-specific laws. – Amirul Syafiq/theSun
