$30B in AI, digital investments eyed

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking $30 billion in investments over seven years under its Philippines AI+ Infrastructure Masterplan (PAIIM 2033). “We expect the Economic Development Committee to approve the masterplan by July this year,” DICT Secretary Henry Rhoel Aguda told reporters at the agency’s 10th anniversary celebration. The masterplan outlines the country’s long-term strategy for developing artificial intelligence-ready