Bangkok, April 21 -- The Thai Government and Microsoft are cooperating to promote the THAI Academy programme, aiming to equip Thai people with artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge and skills.

The programme, with support from more than 35 public and private sector organisations led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, seeks to empower over 1 million Thais by the end of 2025.

To the public sector, the programme will collaborate with the Office of the Civil Service Commission and the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) to develop AI skills for over 100,000 Thai civil servants, and join the DGA in organising the "GovAI Hackathon" event, which is open to government personnel from all agencies to share ideas on how to use...