Bangkok Post – Digital Economy Ministry to set up national AI committee

The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is gearing up to establish a new national artificial intelligence (AI) committee to accelerate the national AI strategy in the second phase.

The move is part of Thailand’s Asean Digital Economy and AI hub plan to spur the digital economy as a growth engine, according to the ministry.

Meanwhile, the ministry will make use of a digital ID platform to support the digital wallet handout scheme.

“Thailand gives priority to the development of digital and intelligence technology to make the digital economy the growth engine of the policy to enhance the country’s competitiveness and the efficiency of electronic transactions and the development of the digital workforce,” DES Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong said in his keynote speech at Huawei’s Digital and Intelligence APAC Congress 2024 in Bangkok on Monday.

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