The Philippines should demand firm commitments on technology transfer, skills development, and local value creation before supporting the proposed Pax Silica initiative, experts said during a recent University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Law School lecture.
Government officials, industry leaders, and academic stakeholders are calling for the Philippines to move beyond simply using artificial intelligence technologies and instead develop its own AI capabilities, warning that failure to do so could deepen the country’s digital and economic vulnerabilities.
The Advanced Early Dengue Prediction and Exploration Service (Project AEDES) of local startup CirroLytix Research Services combines digital, climate, and remote sensing to nowcast dengue trends and detect mosquito habitats to help pre-empt cases of dengue.
