Education needs an AI revolutionBy Nigel P. DalyMore than a year and a half after ChatGPT’s release, the Ministry of Education has finally announced an initiative to overhaul Taiwan’s education system to accommodate artificial intelligence (AI), and develop AI literacy among teachers and students. AI literacy involves understanding the basic concepts of AI, such as how it works, its applications and the potential risks. However, in the context of education, moving from AI literacy to AI fluency would transform students from mere consumers of information into active participants in their learning process. My guess is that many teachers have no idea what an effective AI workflow is and how to develop AI fluency. Of course, if AI fluency becomes a major goal for Taiwan’s education, it would demand a revolution.

National emergency call sought for India heatwaveAFP, NEW DELHIAn Indian court on Thursday urged the Indian government to declare a national emergency over the country’s ongoing heatwave, saying that hundreds of people have died during weeks of extreme weather. India is enduring a crushing heatwave with temperatures in several cities well above 45°C. An aerial photograph shows people waiting by a well in Shahapur District in India’s Maharashtra state on Sunday. Photo: AFP“Due to extreme weather conditions in the form of [the] heatwave, hundreds of people have lost their lives this month,” the court said. Ruling on the heatwave and such events in the future, it also said India should begin declaring them “national calamities.”This would allow the mobilization of emergency relief in a similar manner to floods, cyclones and natural disasters.

Alchip Technologies Ltd’s logo is pictured on the company’s Web site. Photo: screen grab from the Alchip Technologies Ltd’s Web siteThe stock price decline was, to some extent, buoyed by Amazon.com’s NT$535 million (US$16.5 million) equity investment in Alchip via a share subscription last month. Shen said the company would regain strong revenue growth in 2026, after customers start adopting its new 3-nanometer and 2-nanometer AI chips. Additionally, the technology barrier is getting higher, meaning fewer competitors are capable of developing chips using advanced 3-nanometer and 2-nanometer process technologies, Shen said. To support its growth, Alchip is expanding its workforce primarily outside of China, as customers are trying to avert risk from geopolitical tensions.

The Executive Yuan, as an apparatus born of the Constitution and bound to oversee law-based administration, must loyally uphold and protect the document, Cho said. Premier Cho Jung-tai delivers a report to the legislature in Taipei yesterday. He cited the announcement of the second edition of the government’s “Anti-fraud Strategy Guidelines” as an example of the government’s efforts to crack down on one such issue. In terms of national security, the Cabinet would follow the president’s “four pillars” plan for peace and prosperity, he said. The four pillars are: bolstering Taiwan’s military deterrence, equating economic security with national security, developing partnerships with the world’s democracies, and steady and principled cross-strait leadership.

TPP wants to abolish Control Yuan: legislatorBy Huang Ching-hsuan, Hsieh Chun-lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwan People’s Party caucus whip Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) yesterday said the party caucus has already signed onto a constitutional amendment to abolish the Control Yuan, although the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) was reluctant to support the idea. The sign at the entrance to the Control Yuan in Taipei is pictured in an undated photograph. KMT Culture and Communications Committee head Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀) yesterday said in a statement after the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting that the Control Yuan, under the leadership of Control Yuan President Chen Chu (陳菊), had accomplished nothing. The Control Yuan respects legislators’ rights and powers, so long as such a motion is made through a constitutional amendment, as the Constitution establishes the Control Yuan’s powers, Control Yuan Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋) said. Lee opposed freezing or removing the Control Yuan’s budget, because such methods would only affect how the government is run.

Will Taiwan become Hong Kong? The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) subjugation of Hong Kong came about through four major stages. Fourth: The police became involved in maintaining security and Chinese military units stationed in Hong Kong joined in. In 2019, the anti-extradition movement was launched against China’s hoisted legislation to extradite anyone in Hong Kong to mainland China, with at least 1 million people taking to the streets on June 9 and 16. Perhaps the protest refrain “Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow Taiwan” is true.

Opposition confused about billsBy Chang Bao-yuan 張葆源The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have worked in cahoots to try and force through legislative reform bills. The “state of the nation address” motion alone reveals that the proponents have lost all sense of constitutional awareness. The Legislative Yuan on Tuesday last week completed the second reading of Article 15-1 of the Act Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power (立法院職權行使法). However, consider a scenario in which the president has already presented his speech to the Legislative Yuan, but must subsequently step down. Just how many speeches does the president need to deliver to satisfy the demands of the KMT and the TPP?

EDITORIAL: Voters must make the right choicesThe legislature, dominated by the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), on Tuesday passed controversial legislative reform bills that have been criticized as unconstitutional, while tens of thousands of citizens surrounding the legislature called for more transparency. The statement said the bills are unconstitutional and trample on the powers of the Control Yuan and the Judicial Yuan. Dissatisfaction with the KMT was 57.3 percent, while dissatisfaction with the TPP surged to a record 53.7 percent. The Executive Yuan has announced it would return the bills to the legislature for reconsideration and the DPP caucus is to seek a constitutional interpretation. More importantly, Taiwanese should make the right choices in the next election to safeguard democracy with checks and balances.

The UK Parliament possesses high constitutional status and great authority, but it cannot abuse its powers. First of all, a legislative reform bill is not a small deal. In Taiwan, Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has his own political stance and remains in the KMT, and this lacks neutrality. The KMT and the TPP should withdraw the proposals, or the legislature might face dissolution and realignment. Although discontentment from the public has yet to reach this level, whether the legislature would soon face dissolution is hard to tell.

Protesters react to the passing of controversial bills outside of the Legislative Yuan building in Taipei yesterday. DPP lawmakers had waved bubble tea-shaped torches, shouting: “Brush your teeth, your breath stinks” at their KMT colleagues, a reference to what they said are opposition lies about the bill. Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers, front rows, protest at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei TimesThe KMT holds 52 seats in the 113-seat legislature, while the TPP has eight and the DPP has 51. Protesters have dubbed their movement the “Blue Bird Action” — named after the road next to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei where they gathered.

Cast the democracy vandals outBy Liu Shih-ming 劉熙明The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have disregarded procedural justice and disguised their attempt at a power grab as legislative reforms, which has sparked a public outcry. The protest has been called the Qingniao movement (bluebird movement, 青鳥運動), named after Qingdao E Road (青島東路) where the protest took place. Protestors in the Qingniao movement behaved in a peaceful and rational manner. Therefore, those who participated in the Qingniao movement should not be pessimistic. Taiwan’s next local elections are to be held in one-and-a-half years, which would allow eligible voters to teach these democracy vandals a lesson.

Guermantes Lailari On Taiwan: Invest in Talented Youth for National Security and ResilienceTaiwan has a motivated, talented, and dedicated workforce, but is it good enough to keep Taiwan strong, resilient, and safe from China’s expansionist dreams? Taiwan would benefit from examining other countries’ methods for enhancing national resilience through a national human resource development program (NHRDP). Currently, Taiwan does discover talented young citizens in order to further develop national security and national resilience. Furthermore, research indicates that when these individuals complete their national service, they enter the business world and develop new innovative capabilities through start-ups that enhance national resilience not only in economic security but also in national security. With increased national wealth from a NHRDP, Taiwanese could be proud of their government’s actions to address these shortfalls while increasing Taiwan’s national security and its national resiliency.

The blame for that falls squarely on the organization responsible for ensuring a free and fair poll: the Election Commission of India. Nor has it released complete polling data, as it did in 2019. Considering that all of India’s voting is electronic, this information is readily available. The election body also sought to show that polling figures were updated in previous years as well. The commission is “not legally bound to publish any voter turnout data” for a constituency, state or phase of election, it said in its letter to the Congress Party.

Foundation urges halt to proposed amendmentsBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAThe Judicial Reform Foundation yesterday urged the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) to halt the Legislative Yuan proceedings immediately on the grounds that their proposed amendments for legislative reforms could be illegal and unconstitutional. The legislature had passed the second reading of amendments to the Act Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power (立法院職權行使法) on Friday last week, Tuesday and Friday. The foundation said in a statement on Friday night that the drafts submitted by the KMT and the TPP contained multiple points of contention and that the version of the amendments could be unconstitutional. Lawmakers participate in a session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Friday. The foundation urged rational dialogue and said that it supported legislative reforms, but could not condone the passage of amendments without due deliberation.

Opposition is brazenly moving the goalpostsBy Liu Che-chia 劉哲嘉When exactly did Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) join the blue camp? They are brazenly moving the goalposts. We all know that the Legislative Yuan is a place where political parties confront each other. The Constitution of the Republic of China says that the Legislative Yuan does not have investigative rights. In terms of fines, the Legislative Yuan should also file a motion to the court to impose sanctions, and the decisions should not be made by the Legislative Yuan itself.