AI ecosystem builder Skymind's collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Malaysia is the first step to build a global research community with a focus on how #AI can better position people to weather pandemics. Skymind Holdings Limited's Shawn Tan says Skymind is committed to the long haul in building Malaysia and the Southeast Asia region as an AI hub for the world, concluding that: "Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination." The following feature takes a behind-the-scenes look at how frontier technologies can try and balance data privacy concerns and the current state of AI in the health crisis.

Following the opening of its London office in January this year, artificial intelligence (#AI) technology incubator and investor Skymind Global Ventures (SGV) announced a $800m fund to boost the AI #ecosystems in #Europe and #Asia.