Indonesia removes OpenAI from VAT collection list for digital services
The agency has been making adjustments to the list throughout April 2026, with two new entries, HashiCorp, Inc. and Perplexity AI, Inc.
OpenAI opens first applied AI lab in Singapore
At the heart of the partnership is the OpenAI Singapore Applied AI Lab, a first outside the US. The lab will support work aligned with Singapore’s AI missions and national priorities, particularly in the areas of public services, finance, healthcare and digital infrastructure.
Thailand – one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing markets for AI
Thailand has emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing markets for artificial intelligence (AI), with OpenAI reporting that weekly active users of ChatGPT in the country have quadrupled over the past year.
Singapore accelerates AI adoption to boost tourism
STB has inked a memorandum of understanding with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to drive the adoption of advanced AI across the city-state’s tourism sector.
Indonesia halts Worldcoin eye-scanning crypto project
Since its launch in 2023, millions of people worldwide have had their iris patterns scanned to create a "World ID", a form of identification that proves they are human and allowing them to conduct transactions.