Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI

S. Soh

Summary Bullets:

  • Digital sovereignty becomes even more critical due to the growing investment in AI while rising uncertainties due to geopolitical tensions.
  • Systems integrators and telecom operators should work alongside to develop sovereign AI cloud solutions.

With the pervasive use of technology in all aspects including social services and critical infrastructure, governments see the need to ensure digital sovereignty, which gives the country control over its infrastructure, data, and systems, without influence from foreign entities. This is increasingly an important consideration with the growing geopolitical tensions around the globe and the need to protect against extraterritorial laws that may compromise data sovereignty. Digital sovereignty has been driven in part by data protection regulations. With the rapid development and adoption of AI, it has become even more crucial since since sensitive data may need to be processed for training AI models.

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