Lai Cheng

In a fascinating but sobering digital experiment, researchers at New York-based AI lab Emergence AI created "Emergence World", a simulated society where an artificial intelligence system was given full autonomy over its environment. Various AI models were placed in charge of a virtual world populated by autonomous digital citizens. They could make decisions, interact with one another, manage...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the decision of the Court of Appeal on 30 June 2026 concerning the Penang South Reclamation Project (PSR) and the response by the Penang state government to media reports yesterday. The following is the excerpt from the Court of Appeal judgement, paragraph 49, p. 58. “…we dismiss this Appeal and affirm the High Court’s Decision on either one or both...

By Predeep Nambiar In a ruling with wide ramifications, the Court of Appeal says the territorial sea and its seabed remain under the federal government's jurisdiction until reclamation is completed. The Court of Appeal has found that the state planning authorities acted beyond their powers in approving the reclamation for the Penang South Reclamation project. A three-member bench, comprising...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is deeply disappointed by today’s decision of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal brought by the fishermen and environmental groups, SAM and Jaringan Ekologi dan Iklim (JEDI) against the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project, despite the Court stating that the planning permission granted was without lawful authority. The Court of Appeal decided today that the...

A "data heat island effect" is the very last thing we need right now. By Victor Tangermann As Europe bakes in the throes of a deadly heatwave, residents living near the continent’s largest data centre in Slough, a town just west of central London, UK, are enduring extreme temperatures. As The Guardian reports, the enormous facility 10 miles from London Heathrow is making the sweltering heat...