KUALA LUMPUR: Artificial intelligence (AI) must be integrated into university curricula without compromising students’ critical thinking and humanity, says Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir.
He noted that the upcoming Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2026–2035 will focus heavily on producing “human-centric” graduates.
“AI is an essential tool that is already reshaping our universities and workplaces.
“However, we cannot simply rely on AI at the expense of our humanity,” he said after launching Asia Pacific University’s (APU) AI Supercomputing Lab yesterday.
Zambry added that higher education institutions must continuously review their curricula and pedagogies to adapt to AI’s growing role in knowledge production and problem-solving.
Powered by NVIDIA infrastructure, the newly launched facility marks Malaysia’s first university lab capable of locally processing AI models with up to 200 billion parameters.
APU chief executive officer Datuk Parmjit Singh said the facility gives students, academics and researchers direct access to high-performance computing for generative AI, machine learning and emerging agentic AI applications.
“This level of computing power allows students to experiment with larger models, tackle complex problems and turn ideas into working solutions for an AI-driven economy,” he said.
