Thailand to promote AI literacy among citizens as it strives to become regional hub

The technology industry is currently high on the government’s priorities as evidenced by its efforts to secure business deals with several global tech firms. 

In December, the Ministry and China’s giant telecom firm Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding on digital development aimed at supporting AI development, such as industry applications, ecosystem building, and talent cultivation.

Prasert said during the signing ceremony that he wanted to establish Thailand as an AI hub in the ASEAN region while introducing the “Cloud First” policy, which aims to use cloud technology to support the operation of digital government across all agencies.

Earlier, the government also signed an agreement with India’s CtrlS Datacentres to lease 25 rai of land in Chonburi’s Digital Park for 50 years as part of its 15-billion-baht investment to create a hyper-scale data centre in the…