High demand for more localized AI options, says ServiceNow CTO
Pat Casey, Co-Founder and CTO of ServiceNow, discusses the company's latest launch in Singapore, the ServiceNow Protected Platform. He dives deeper into how the Singapore's secure, regulatory-compliant sovereign AI platform is designed to accelerate AI innovation in the city state.
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