The Board of Investments (BOI) is positioning Mindanao as a potential hub for AI-enabled industries, semiconductor design, mineral processing, and other higher-value activities under the government's 2026 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP).
Maya is using the Philippine National ID system and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate parts of its customer verification process, cutting overall consumer onboarding turnaround time by 84%.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1 billion to the University of the Philippines (UP) System to expand Project NOAH’s use of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies for flood forecasting and disaster risk assessment.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has thrown its support behind expanded voluntary website blocking by Globe Telecom, PLDT-Smart, and Converge ICT Solutions, even as questions remain over the legal basis and safeguards governing restrictions on violent content that has not necessarily been declared illegal.
Jack Madrid is leaving his post as president and CEO of the IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) to take on a new role at speech artificial intelligence company Sanas.
Salesforce has launched Slack Code, a new feature that allows software development teams to work with AI coding agents inside shared Slack channels, as the company seeks to move AI-assisted programming beyond individual developers working in separate tools.
Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firm Asiatel Outsourcing has launched enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) automation services in the Philippines while introducing a separate service aimed at helping foreign software companies enter the local and Southeast Asian markets.
The growing volume of AI-generated music on streaming platforms is putting pressure on copyright and royalty systems, prompting Philippine and South Korean officials and industry representatives to push for stronger rights data management and enforcement mechanisms.
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said it blocked nearly 12 billion attempts to access websites carrying dangerous, inappropriate, and harmful content in 2025 as the broadband provider stepped up measures aimed at protecting children and other users online.
The partnership builds on the PLDT Group’s acquisition of 1,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. The companies said the AI assistant is being integrated into daily tasks such as drafting communications, summarizing meetings, analyzing information and supporting internal decision-making.
