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EMPOWERING MALAYSIA: AI UNTUK RAKYAT

EMPOWERING MALAYSIA: AI UNTUK RAKYAT

EMPOWERING MALAYSIA: AI UNTUK RAKYAT

Key figures at the AI untuk Rakyat launch (from left to right): Dato’ Nor Azmie Diron, Secretary General, Ministry of Economy; Rafizi Ramli, Minister of Economy; Prime Minister YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim; Dato’ Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Haji Abdul Aziz, Director General of Public Service; and AK Chong, Vice President of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations, Intel Corporation, and Managing Director, Intel Malaysia, holding their AI untuk Rakyat badges as the official launch ceremony of the programme on 16 January 2024

Greetings from Malaysia Centre for 4IR.

It has been an exciting start of the year for us at the Malaysia Centre for 4IR (MYCentre4IR).

Firstly, we recently launched AI untuk Rakyat (which translates into “AI for Citizens”) in partnership with INTEL. It is a self-learning online programme designed to make basic awareness and understanding of AI accessible to all Malaysians.
With accessibility and inclusivity as priority, the programme that is hosted on ai.gov.my is available in Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin and Tamil. It is designed to be accessible and engaging for citizens of diverse age groups, backgrounds, and geographical locations throughout Malaysia. This is further complemented by options such as high contrast, dyslexic-friendly fonts, Braille format and compatibility with talkback applications for the visually impaired.
Since its official launch on 16 January 2024, by Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, more than 225,000 individuals have completed the programme. This overwhelming response from the Malaysian public indicates that there is keen interest in the AI technology and that the target to reach 1 million Malaysians within 3 years may be achieved much sooner.
“Malaysia has set the aspiration of KL20; to be the world’s top 20 innovation hub and startup ecosystem by 2030. Very ambitious but not impossible to achieve. Hence it is imperative to ensure the availability of local talents who will drive the country’s AI technology growth. Active efforts are being made to improve digital skills and re-skilling at all levels of society; from identifying challenges and opportunities in the digital talent landscape in Malaysia, to coordinating efforts to improve the school education curriculum. By fostering awareness and understanding of new technologies, we can turn doubt into hope, fear into empowerment and challenges into opportunities to attract digital talent to deepen knowledge and skills in new technologies including AI technology.” said Rafizi Ramli, Minister of Economy of Malaysia.

AI untuk Rakyat is an initiative to close the digital literacy gap among Malaysians. For students, this program can provide a basic overview of the world of AI which aims to attract their interest to enter and further build a career in this sector. For other groups of society, this program can provide a basic understanding of AI to promote better awareness and appreciation of a technology that is beneficial to individuals, society and ultimately the country.