{
  "id": 5210600,
  "title": "Philippines’ AI hub push faces skills, power generation and jobs test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/philippines-ai-hub-push-faces-skills-power-generation-and-jobs-test",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T00:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/opinion/philippines-ai-hub-push-faces-skills-power-generation-and-jobs-test-1.500660177"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MANILA: The Philippines is positioning itself as an artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced technology hub in Southeast Asia, with billions of dollars in investment hinging on the US-led Pax Silica initiative. Donald Lim, president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), said the country is “very much behind” in AI compared with leaders such as the United States, India and…",
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  "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."
}