A top investment executive said AI can be leveraged to train people better for the long term, especially in the light of the projected job losses, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
The House of Representatives terminated on Thursday, Sept. 7, the plenary deliberation on the P6.8-billion budget that the DICT has put forward for next year.
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is preparing 20 local government units (LGUs) to be connected to the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) this year in line with its target to fully implement the online system by 2020.
In a decade, the country is expected to have 380 scientists, engineers, and researchers for every one million Filipinos, the suggested benchmark of the Unesco, a science and technology official said.
The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) on Wednesday, Aug. 30, expressed bullishness that the country?s BPO industry will continue to grown and is capable to handle the challenges of the entry of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and other related technologies in the market.
Even if the Philippines doesn?t do anything, new innovations from AI, data science, and space technology will eventually become the norm, the DOST official said during the meeting at the WVSU.
The coverage of the bill is vague though as it requires a minimum of two CCTV units for ?every type? of PUV, which can refer to buses, jeepneys, and tricycles.
Software colossus Microsoft has confirmed that Karrie Ilagan, the first woman to lead the company?s Philippine subsidiary, is leaving her post and will be replaced by a French national named Bertrand Launay.
The industry sectors are considered involved in the processing of personal data that is likely to pose a risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, or where the processing is not occasional.
The Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives of enterprises, as well as changing patterns of IT procurement and rapidly evolving service delivery models, will drive the Philippines outsourcing market to continue growing, according to IDC.
