KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and major technology firms risk being used as instruments of Western geopolitical dominance, rather than neutral commercial tools.

Speaking at the launch of the Huawei AI Lab and Innovation Centre at The Exchange 106 in TRX, Anwar said parts of the Western tech industry view AI not just as a business sector, but as part of a broader competition for global supremacy.

"We are confronted with some views, a very dogmatic doctrine that certain forms of governance, certain forms of technology, found in the West must dictate our policies," he said.

He added that such thinking rejects oversight and accountability from democratic gover...