Malaysia’s Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching had reportedly said the country was using Huawei chips and servers for a groundbreaking AI project.

The chips, which would have been used in Malaysian servers to deliver AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) and GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), were to be provided by 2026. Malaysian AI infrastructure company Skyvast and Chinese server producer Leadyo would also have been involved in the project.

The recent launch of an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure initiative, involving Skyvast Corporation and Huawei Technologies, was not developed, endorsed, or coordinated by the government, says the Investment,

Just one day after announcing plans to deploy 3,000 Huawei Ascend-powered AI servers by 2026, Malaysia's Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching abruptly retracted the statement on May 20. The reversal,

Washington warned that using Huawei's chips could violate export controls. Beijing thinks that undermines "consensus" from the Geneva trade talks.

Malaysia's government did not develop, coordinate or endorse an artificial intelligence project involving a local company and Huawei Technologies, its trade ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Malaysia faces global attention after a confusing AI announcement by the Deputy Communications Minister, raising concerns over oversight.

KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the US pledged to “sympathetically” review its appeal for lower tariffs even as the South-east Asian nation seeks to strengthen its ties with Washington’s top competitor China.