Taiwan AI Development Blueprint: Technology, Applications, and International Collaboration Hand in Hand

To enhance its AI competitiveness, the Taiwanese government has introduced the following five innovative strategies to accelerate technology implementation and application expansion.

Strengthening computing power infrastructure: While the EU promotes the EuroHPC project to enhance regional AI computing support, Taiwan's development strategy aligns with international trends, focusing on high-performance computing resources such as "Taiwania 2" and cloud AI computing platforms.

Establishing an industrial AI "arsenal": Similar to the US NAIRR program which provides industry-specific AI tools, Taiwan's strategy also emphasizes vertical industry applications, developing specialized AI solutions for sectors such as manufacturing, finance, and healthcare.

Competitions and innovation mechanisms: Compared to Singapore's "AI Grand Challenge" which promotes social innovation AI applications through competitions, Taiwan will utilize the "AI Grand Challenge Competition" to encourage startups and enterprises to research and develop AI applications, such as AI for Public Good and industry hackathons.

AI data openness and sharing: In contrast to the EU's "AI Act" which emphasizes data governance and openness, Taiwan's data policy also aligns with international standards. It promotes the "Taiwan AI Data Market" to open up data for use by businesses and research institutions.

Sovereign AI and international cooperation: Strengthening autonomous AI technology development and deepening technological cooperation with countries such as the United States, Japan, and the European Union.

Taiwan has established a certain competitive advantage in AI development, particularly in semiconductor manufacturing, information and communication technology (ICT), and AI computing infrastructure, where it holds a leading position. However, global AI competition is intensifying, with governments and enterprises worldwide actively investing resources to promote technological innovation and industrial applications.

In the future, if Taiwan is to maintain its competitiveness in the global AI market, it must strengthen and deepen the following key strategies: Firstly, enhance core AI technology to ensure autonomous and controllable technology, independently develop high-performance AI chips, strengthen AI algorithm and large model research and development capabilities, build a localized AI foundational model, and reduce reliance on external technology. Secondly, establish AI data assets, deepen data governance and application, promote the "Taiwan AI Data Market," improve data privacy and security regulations, and develop cross-industry data cooperation mechanisms to ensure the transparency and fairness of AI technology. Thirdly, strengthen AI talent cultivation, develop interdisciplinary application specialists, deepen "AI+X" interdisciplinary education, promote internal AI transformation training within enterprises, and attract international AI talent to develop in Taiwan. Additionally, expand AI industry applications, promote international cooperation, promote the application of AI in smart cities and environmental sustainability, strengthen cooperation with international enterprises and institutions, participate in international AI standard setting, and enhance industrial competitiveness. Finally, develop sustainable AI to ensure technology and environmental coexistence, develop low-power AI chips, promote green data centers, and develop AI carbon reduction technologies to improve energy efficiency.

Taiwan possesses a globally leading semiconductor and ICT industry foundation. If it can further strengthen core technology research and development, data governance, talent cultivation, international cooperation, and sustainable development, it will be able to maintain its advantage in global AI competition. In the future, the government and industry should work together to build an autonomous, data-driven, and green and sustainable AI industry ecosystem, ensuring Taiwan's continued competitiveness in the AI era and exerting greater influence in the international market.