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(From left) Shahrizal Ibrahim, Sahira Sofea and Muhammad Haikal inputting codes into a robot at UKM. —LOW LAY PHON/The Star

Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) education will play a significant role in Malaysia’s goal of becoming a high-income nation.

This, said Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Faculty of Information Science and Technology senior lecturer Dr Lailatul Qadri Zakaria, is because AI can contribute to the country’s economic growth, innovation and competitiveness in many different ways.

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