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PHUKET: Phuket has been chosen as the pilot province for a national project to convert small passenger vehicles, including the island’s iconic tuk-tuks, from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles (EVs), in a move aimed at cutting pollution and easing fuel costs for operators.

Wednesday 3 September 2025 02:22 PM

BDO Phuket Enters a New Chapter

Phuket News / Business

Sunday 31 August 2025 10:00 AM

BDO, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, is entering a new chapter in Phuket with a change in leadership at its local office. With a fresh vision and renewed focus to support businesses in the region navigate an increasingly complex economic and regulatory environment.

MCOT Phuket empowers youth to fight online human trafficking

PHUKET: Sixty students from five Phuket schools have taken part in a special youth network workshop aimed at strengthening media literacy and building defences against the growing threat of online human trafficking.

Saturday 30 August 2025 10:00 AM

Phuket begins AI training for government officials

PHUKET: Provincial officials have launched a training programme on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in government administration as part of efforts to drive Phuket towards becoming a Smart City.

Tuesday 26 August 2025 01:25 PM

Safe Zone: Protection agency raises alarm over internet risks to children

PHUKET: The most dangerous place for many children today is not a dark alley or an unfamiliar street ‒ it’s the screen in their hands. That is the stark warning from Mattias Bjorkqvist, Executive Director of For Freedom International (FFI), a Phuket-based foundation that has spent years working to combat human trafficking and exploitation in Thailand.

Sunday 24 August 2025 09:00 AM

Thai government issues new rules for SIM cards

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 21 August 2025 09:57 AM

BANGKOK: The government has announced stricter measures for SIM card registration to combat rising online fraud, following cases in which criminals have exploited SIM-swap scams to steal from victims.

Hospital’s new AI model is a boon for diabetics

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 18 August 2025 10:00 AM

LAT BUA LUANG: Lat Bua Luang Hospital in Ayutthaya’s Lat Bua Luang district has unveiled an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) model aimed at enhancing diabetes care through real-time health data monitoring.

ChatGPT is Making You Stupid

Is AI turning you into a zombie? Does chronic use damage your thinking and creativity? New research out of MIT’s Media Lab suggests it might. ChatGPT not only makes you lazy, it found, it significantly lowers your brain activity.

Sunday 17 August 2025 02:00 PM

Which AI assistant should you trust with your life?

It’s been a while since your first fling with ChatGPT. AI’s breakneck evolution has now seen the emergence of a crop of aspiring rivals – names like Llama, Grok and DeepSeek. So is it time to trade in ChatGPT for a younger model?

Sunday 20 July 2025 02:00 PM

AI-powered ‘nudify’ apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail

WASHINGTON: After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding US$3,000 (B97,000) to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.

Saturday 19 July 2025 01:00 PM

NBTC endorses eight new cybercrime measures

Phuket News / Business

Sunday 6 July 2025 10:00 AM

BANGKOK: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board has approved eight measures to prevent and suppress crimes related to technology.

Worth 1,000 words - AI image generation gets real

You’ve messed around creating images in AI. They could be useful for work, for social media and it’s fun too. But the results were hit-and-miss. Not ready for prime-time, you thought. That was a while ago and now you’ve stopped experimenting.

Sunday 22 June 2025 02:00 PM

Australian trial says tech for social media teen ban can work

SYDNEY: Australia’s world-leading ban on under-16s joining social media sites cleared a big hurdle today (June 20) as a trial found digital age checks can work “robustly and effectively”.

Friday 20 June 2025 02:39 PM

New AI law wins government support

Phuket News / Business

Sunday 15 June 2025 11:00 AM

BANGKOK: The government is ready to support the current draft of the principles of the artificial intelligence (AI) law, aiming to ensure that all AI developers and AI service providers operate under the same rules, said Wisit Wisitsora-at, permanent secretary of the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry.

Russian man arrested at Phuket Airport over cyber fraud allegations

PHUKET: A 36-year-old Russian man was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Monday (June 2) in connection with a string of cyber-related offenses, including fraud, computer crime and misuse of electronic banking tools.

Wednesday 4 June 2025 08:42 AM

National seminar in Phuket launches ‘Smart Tourism’ with AI’ push

PHUKET: Supachai Jaismut, Assistant Minister to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, was in Phuket over the weekend to officiate the opening of a national seminar aimed at Thailand charting a new path for its tourism sector through the power of artificial intelligence (AI).

Monday 26 May 2025 10:03 AM

Trump signs bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a bill on yesterday (May 19) making it a federal crime to post “revenge porn” - whether it is real or generated by artificial intelligence.

Tuesday 20 May 2025 10:30 AM

Sycophants and Liars: When AIs fail personality tests

Hey handsome! That draft post was amazing! You nailed every point with searing insight and wit. It could hardly be improved, but…

Sunday 18 May 2025 02:00 PM

New Zealand PM proposes banning under-16s from social media