In one of the most striking findings, the Philippines ranks 6th globally in ChatGPT usage, with 42.4% of individuals aged 16 and above using the AI tool in the past month — far above the global average of 26.5%.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a cloud- and AI-based platform that will power new basketball analytics and fan engagement tools across the league’s digital properties.
Companies that fail to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) today risk being left behind in the next five years, warned VST ECS president and CEO Jimmy Go at the start of the annual CXO Tech Summit at the Shangrila Boracay.
World.org in the Philippines, the local arm of Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has challenged the National Privacy Commission (NPC)’s cease-and-desist order (CDO) against its operations in the Philippines, calling it a “setback for responsible digital innovation” and a reversal of a year-long compliance process undertaken with Philippine authorities.
Renato Garcia, who previously led the company’s local arm from 2008 to 2021, is returning as country manager to oversee what the firm describes as a “new phase of growth” aimed at strengthening its national footprint and expanding into key regional hubs such as Cebu and Metro Davao.
A growing rift within the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) over the controversial World.org iris-scanning program has drawn sharp criticism from data privacy advocates — including former National Privacy Commission (NPC) chair Raymund Liboro — who warned that the technology risks “turning human eyes into economic assets” and exploiting the poor under the guise of digital inclusion.
The offer includes access to Google’s latest AI models such as Gemini 2.5 Pro and DeepResearch, which can help students summarize readings, analyze complex topics, and generate study materials.
A policy rift has emerged within the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) after secretary Henry Aguda publicly endorsed cooperation with World.org’s iris-scanning technology — a move that directly contradicts a cease-and-desist order (CDO) issued by the National Privacy Commission (NPC), an attached agency of the DICT, against the project’s operators over alleged violations of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA).
The first 40 customers in line at Greenbelt 3 and the first 30 at SM Mall of Asia will each receive either a free iPhone 16e (128GB) worth ₱39,990 or an Apple Watch Ultra 2 worth ₱54,990.
