Step towards sovereign AI
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-10-25 00:00
MALAYSIA wants a workforce that not only uses artificial intelligence (AI) but can also create it. However, the high cost of computing power needed to run large language models (LLMs) has been a stumbling block for students wanting to do more. For students at Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), that is set to change as they now have access to Malaysia's first AI supercomputing lab powered by 20 Nvidia DGX Spark supercomputers. APU vice-chancellor Prof Dr Ho Chin Kuan said the lab is much needed to grow Malaysia's AI talent pipeline, especially for jobs that do not exist yet. "Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has spoken before about sovereign AI, and this lab is one of the ways we can build it," he said after the launch of the lab on Sept 4. Plans for the APU AI Supercomputing Lab began last December, with an investment of around RM1.2mil. As a strategic...
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