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Because China and the US compete in artificial intelligence, South -East Asia should attract the best of both countries, building their technology, CNBC’s discussion said Conference East Tech West 2025 June 27 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Julian Gorman, Head of the Asian Pacific Ocean Mobile Trade Organization, said it would be negative development if Southeast Asianness is forced to choose between any superpower.
“South -East Asia depends on both economies, China and America. I think it is quite difficult to think that they will go anyway,” Gorman said.
“It is very important that we continue to focus on not fragmented technology, standardize it and work to make the technology outnumbers of geopolitics and are ultimately used for good,” he added.
Distributing US and Chinese companies AI to New world markets was a great trend this year as looking for both Beijing and Washington more global influence in advanced technologies.
US and Chinese suggestions
According to George Ceana, the head of the director and co-chair of the digital practice for ASIA Group, Southeast Asia originally leaned toward AI from the US, such as Google and Microsoft.
However, the appearance of Deepseek in China has led to the popularity of the company’s models in Southeast Asia due to its low cost and open source licensing, which can be used to create and adapt models to regional priorities.
The open outcome usually applies to the software in which the source code is freely available, allowing anyone to view, change and redistribute it. Were great linguistic models in China Based on this business -model With Deepseek debut.
Previous panels The East Tech West indicated open source models as an important tool for regions outside China and the United States to build their own AI Sovereign capabilities.
Meanwhile, on the side of the US equipment remain a leader in the II processors via the Nvidia chip. While the US restricted China’s access to these chips, they remain in the market in Southeast Asia – that Chen suggested that the region continue to use.
However, Chen noted that there is a possibility that the II landscape may change dramatically in ten years, and China will be able to provide more affordable alternatives to Nvidia.
“Don’t take the side easily and too fast. Think about how to increase your economic potential as much as possible,” he suggested.
Gorm GSMA noted that before this “balance” between superpowers is not new to Southeast Asia. For example, the region’s mobility industry is greatly based on the production and equipment of Chinese technology, as well as the US in other areas such as telecommunications.
Edge of the South -East Asia
Despite the fact that the US and China are clearly ahead of the construction of advanced AI models, southeastern Asia has its land in the World Space II, participants of the discussion said.
“If you think about AI as technology, you eventually need to apply it to a real product or service. That’s how people can use it,” said Chen Asia Group.
The region has a strong application environment that offers “great potential”, he added. “Demographic is young, which means that there is always the potential for talent, and the cost of the NDDKR is relatively cheaper than in other places.”
Talks about costs have already contributed to Malaysia’s growth as Global Power Plant at AI Data Center and CalculationsEspecially in the southern region of Johor.
However, southeastern Asia should seek to attract companies with advanced features that can learn from the domestic industry and take advantage – the strategy used to catch up with the West in advanced technology, said Chen.
Leader in Adjustment II?
According to Garman GSMA, Southeast Asia can serve as a neutral land between China and the US, where both sides can unite and participate in high-level dialogues on how to apply II responsibly.
According to his words Frame of general liability for combating international scams and fraud.
So far, there have been some global rules on AI. While the EU accepted politicsThe US and ASEAN -country do not yet follow the example.
Chen added that the region will need to unite and take a common frame to get a more prominent place at the Global Development and Regulation Table.
