Illustrative image (Source: iStock) Bangkok (VNA) – The development of an artificialintelligence (AI) workforce and the creation of a Thai large language model(ThaiLLM) are among the six proposed flagship projects under the second phase of Thailand's national AI strategy and action plan.
Chai Wutiwiwatchai, deputy chairman of the National AIPolicy and Action Plan Steering Committee, said a new National AI Committee ispending appointment by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and plans to beginimplementing the second phase for 2024-27.
An estimated budget of 1.5 billion THB (42 million USD) isrequired for these projects, with 1 billion THB dedicated to the development of30,000 AI-skilled workers, including engineers and beginners.
The National Electronics and Computer Technology Center(NECTEC), secretary of the steering committee, recently held a confidentialhearing where details of the proposed projects were shared by associatedorganisations.
Tiranee Achalakul, president of the Big Data Institute, saidTravel Link is the institute's AI project to combine tourism data with AI torecommend tourism attraction, elaborating that they will use generative AI tomake a tourism chatbot.
According to Tiranee, Travel Link is expected to help localcommunities earn more revenue from tourism through the insight of travellers.
Nakarin Amarase, senior vice-president for external affairsat Siam Commercial Bank, said the use of AI to strengthen the fraud detectionsystem is essential to reduce losses from financial fraud.
From March 17, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024, losses from cybercrimetotalled 27 billion THB (750 million USD) from an average of 645 cases per day, he said.
Kobkrit Viriyayudhakorn, president of the AI EntrepreneurAssociation of Thailand, said ThaiLLM is an important project which is expected to require a budget of 120 million THB tocreate an open source ThaiLLM foundation and chatbots to offer information onhealth, travel and the environment.
They aim to employ 590 AI workers for theproject and encourage the creation of Thai AI startups, reducing both costs and reliance onforeign AI, he added./.
