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Unstructured data mining, natural language coding, power efficiency, edge AI resilience lead key trends

Five industry representatives make their predictions on regional AI developments in 2026

By L L Seow | Jan 8, 2026 | Newsletter, Tips & Strategies

The predictions highlight shadow risks, modernization needs, agentic systems, and trustworthy models amid infrastructure and sovereignty constraints across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia.

UK AI expert warns of accelerating safety risks that could not be contained

By DigiconAsia Editors | Jan 7, 2026 | News, Newsletter

Economic pressures will drive unchecked AI deployment, outpacing safety science and risking civilization’s control by late 2026, according to ARIA

Bhutan sovereign wealth fund pilots offline data relay to stabilize distributed-ledger challenges

By DigiconAsia Editors | Jan 7, 2026 | Case Studies, News, Newsletter

Amid remote connectivity gaps in Bhutan’s mountainous geography, Druk Holdings tests an “offline sensor data relay” to a distributed ledger.

GenAI chatbot generates sexualized images of minors on command, then admits wrongdoing

By DigiconAsia Editors | Jan 7, 2026 | News, Newsletter

This marks the second problematic output since July 2025. However, the chatbot’s creator has been defensive than the actual AI…

Prioritizing governance, openness: five enterprise tech trends to observe in 2026

By Peter Lees, Head of Solution Architecture Asia Pacific, SUSE | Jan 2, 2026 | Newsletter, Tips & Strategies

Leaders will need to balance cost discipline with innovation, amid decentralized computing, data sovereignty constraints, and rising edge-computing demands

Adaptive IAM: balancing UX, security, and agentic AI threats without friction

By Jasie Fon, Regional Vice President (Asia), Ping Identity | Dec 23, 2025 | Newsletter, Tips & Strategies

Are your organization’s identity and access management protocols being updated to match the pace of AI-driven cyber threats and scams frictionlessly?

What held up and what didn’t in 2025, and what actually matters in 2026

By John Wills, COO, Shipnet COO | Dec 22, 2025 | Newsletter, Tips & Strategies

By the end of 2025, it is clear that this wasn’t a year defined by any single crisis. It was defined by an accumulation of (often overlapping) crises.

Creator of AI coding super tool warns against full reliance on vibe coding

By DigiconAsia Editors | Dec 18, 2025 | News, Newsletter

The software engineer highlights prototyping strengths but stresses human review needs amid cyber attacker exploiting the technology and its weaknesses.