As nations build ‘sovereign AI,’ open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say
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As artificial intelligence becomes more democratized, it is important for developing economies to build their own “dominant artificial intelligence”, in the statement given to the panelists CNBCs East Tech West Conference Bangkok, Thailand, Friday.
In general, the sovereign AI provides strategic autonomy in meeting its unique priorities and security needs by expressing the ability of a nation to control its own AI technologies, data and relevant infrastructure.
However, according to the Panelist Kasima Tharnpipitchai, President of the AI Strategy in SCB 10x, the Technology Investment Branch of the Thai -based SCBX Group, this sovereignty was lacking. He noted that most of the most important language models in the world, which are operated by companies like anthropic and Openai, are based on English language.
“Your way of thinking, the way you interact with the world, the way you speak another language may be very different.” He said.
Therefore, it is important that countries have the ownership of AI systems, and to develop technology for certain languages, cultures and countries instead of transforming only English -based models.
Panelists acknowledged that the digital understanding ASEAN region, which has a total population of 700 million people, was particularly well positioned to build its sovereign AI. People under 35 years of age makeup Approximately 61% of the population, and about 125,000 new users Access the internet every day.
Given this context, ASEAN’s General Manager Jeff Johnson Amazon “I think this is really important and we have focused on how we can democratize access to cloud and artificial intelligence.”
Open Source Models
According to panelists, an important way for countries to establish dominant environments is the use of open -source AI models.
“There are many amazing talent here in Southeast Asia and Thailand, especially in this public or ecosystem development,” Thadipitchai of the SCB 10x said. He said.
Open source is a way of creating a “collective energy” to help Thailand compete in AI better and forced sovereignty for the whole country.
Open source usually expresses the software that the source code is made freely usable, allowing everyone to imaging, changing and redistributing. China’s players, such as Deepseek and Meta’s Lama, introduce their models as open source, albeit with some restrictions.
The emergence of more open -source models, according to Cecily NG, Vice President and General Manager of ASEAN & Greater China, offers more options to companies and governments than to rely on a few closed models.
AI experts have Previously, CNBC said that AI, an open source, helped China’s adoption of AI, improved the AI ecosystem better and competed with the US.
Access to calculation
Prem Pavan, Vice President and General Manager of Southeast Asia and Korea on Red Hat, said that the localization of AI has focused on the language until recently. Authorized, local equipment and information process supported by AI models dominated by dominating access today is more important, he added.
Panelists, AI localization for developing countries such as Thailand can be presented by cloud computing companies, domestic operations. These include global hyper scales like AWS, Microsoft Dominant players such as Azure and Tencent Cloud and AIS Cloud and True IDC.
“We are here to support all sectors in Thailand and Southeast Asia, from the smallest to the largest business in Thailand and Southeast Asia.” He said.
He added that the economic model of the company’s cloud services facilitates to “pay for what you use”, so that it reduces the obstacles to the entrance and makes it very easy to create models and applications.
In April, the UN Trade and Development Agency said in a report that AI was expected to reach $ 4.8 trillion by 2033. However, he warned that technology is high intensifying that the benefits of technology are under the risk of staying behind.
Among UNCTAD’s suggestions to the international community to ensure inclusive growth, AI infrastructure, the use of open -source AI models, and attempts to share AI information and resources.
