ALL universities have been told to offer digital and artificial intelligence (AI) courses to students from outside science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors such as literature.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this was to address the issue of a lack of engineers to meet industry needs following the investment of several giant technology companies including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Infineon.

“We used to say (digital and AI courses) all must be graduates of science, mathematics and so on, but there is also a need to take (students) majoring in literature to follow part of this course.

When I went to India recently, there was a company there that said not all digital or AI majors must be engineering. There are some in literature or selected courses that can be directed to specific needs, he said at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kerian Integrated Green Industrial Park in Kerian, Perak, today. - Aug 30, 2024

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