Thailand Aims to Become a Global Testing Ground for Medical AI
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The Thai government and private sector are promoting Thailand as a testing ground for medical artificial intelligence (AI) for the world, viewing it as an opportunity where Thailand has an advantage in this area.
Deputy Prime Minister Yodchanan explained the approach of the 7 missions of the National Strategic AI plan, the country's strategic plan for AI. Thailand will not compete in developing general-purpose AI like many large countries, but will instead focus on applying AI more extensively in medicine.
Thailand's key strength lies in clinical data, or data from domestic patient treatment, and population biology data, which concerns the health and genetic characteristics of Thai people. This data can help make the development and testing of medical AI more efficient. In addition, the plan also mentions the SEA HI Hub of RISE, which is part of a collaboration to support development in this field.
In summary, this approach aims to make Thailand an important testing area for medical AI in the world, primarily by using the country's data strengths. Details of implementation for each mission still remain to be followed up.
Sources: Thairath.co.th
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