{
  "id": 18061978,
  "title": "Amazon Web Services targets 445,000 civil servants, 10,000 SMEs for AI adoption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/amazon-web-services-targets-445-000-civil-servants-10-000-smes-for-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T03:41:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/11/1570403/amazon-web-services-targets-445000-civil-servants-10000-smes-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the Semarak AI Malaysia initiative, targeting up to 445,000 civil servants and 10,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. The program aims to equip government officers, businesses, students and communities with AI tools and skills to develop their own solutions, moving beyond the initial adoption of existing technologies. The initiative is structured around three pillars: AI Negara for the public sector, AI Ekonomi for businesses and AI Rakyat for communities. Under AI Negara, AWS will provide AI tools and support to up to 445,000 government officers, while under AI Ekonomi, AWS is partnering with GD XCHANGE and VSTECS to onboard 10,000 eligible SMEs by 2028. The initiative is part of AWS's RM29.2 billion investment in Malaysia through 2038, which is expected to contribute RM57.3 billion to the country's GDP and support an annual average of more than 3,500 jobs at local businesses.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}