Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the Semarak AI Malaysia initiative with the aim of equipping Malaysian government officers, students, software companies, and communities with the necessary tools and skills to build AI solutions. Announced during the AWS Cloud and AI Day Kuala Lumpur today, the programme is based on three pillars, namely AI Negara, AI Ekonomi, and AI Rakyat.
Starting with AI Negara, it covers the public sector and entails the launch of GovHub. Created by GovTech Malaysia and the Digital Ministry, GovHub is powered by AWS’s Kiro through National Digital Department’s AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform. To start, the phase one pilot will involve 500 developers this year, with the aim of growing that number to 4,000 by 2028. Furthermore, AWS will bring its Amazon Quick AI work assistant to 445,000 government officers via the same AIaaS platform. Quick is designed to handle tasks like analysing data, synthesising research, and identifying patterns in large datasets.
