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Fortune
Nicholas Gordon

Malaysia’s prime minister thinks AI may need to operate independently of national sovereignty

(Credit: Joshua Paul for Fortune)

The risks of AI—its lack of values, the possible threat to jobs, and the challenge to sovereignty—were top of mind for two Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday.

Both Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính, speaking at Fortune’s ASEAN-GCC Economic Forum in Kuala Lumpur, agreed their countries needed to embrace the new technology, but worried about how to best manage the new technology’s transformative potential.

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