{"id":116685,"date":"2025-08-25T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/?p=116685"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:55:40","slug":"malaysia-doesnt-need-chatgpt-5-it-needs-local-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/malaysia-doesnt-need-chatgpt-5-it-needs-local-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Doesn\u2019t Need ChatGPT 5, It Needs Local AI | Juwai IQI"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>While the global spotlight shines brightly on tools like <strong>ChatGPT-5,<\/strong> many Malaysian companies are turning their attention elsewhere &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not where you might expect. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than chasing the latest in AI hype, <a href=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/chatgpt-for-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-link-color\">forward-thinking businesses<\/mark><\/a> in Malaysia are looking inward, opting for <strong>locally hosted<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/malaysia-data-centre-deepseek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-link-color\">open-source AI solutions<\/mark><\/a> that better fit their <strong>needs<\/strong>, <strong>budgets<\/strong>, and <strong>values<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading this idea is <a href=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/juwai-iqi-introduces-new-checkout-feature-to-prevent-property-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-link-color\">real estate technology<\/mark><\/a> group<strong> Juwai IQI<\/strong>, which believes Malaysian firms can gain more by going local. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From<strong> enhanced data privacy<\/strong> to <strong>massive cost savings<\/strong>, the benefits are increasingly hard to ignore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kashif Ansari,<strong> Group CEO of Juwai IQI <\/strong>said, &ldquo;You fall behind if you don&rsquo;t use artificial intelligence, but costs can grow quickly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93536\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1.webp 280w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1-120x120.webp 120w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1-160x160.webp 160w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kashif-280x280-1-80x80.webp 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>By &lsquo;going local,&rsquo; as I call it, a typical large Malaysian company can save up to <strong>RM1.7 million<\/strong> per year, depending on usage rates. You also get the benefits of <strong>data privacy<\/strong> and <strong>security<\/strong>, <strong>customisation <\/strong>and <strong>automation<\/strong>.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<cite>Kashif Ansari,<strong> Group CEO of Juwai IQI <\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This &ldquo;go local&rdquo; approach doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean building AI <strong>from scratch<\/strong>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;First, we are using<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/iqi-atlas-ai-tools-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-link-color\">open-source AI models<\/mark><\/a><\/strong> that are offered by their creators for &ldquo;free&rdquo; to the larger community. These models are usually not quite as capable as the latest commercially available models on the market but are free of ongoing external usage costs,&rdquo; explained Ansari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Second, we are hosting these models <strong>on our own servers<\/strong>. That means we never send our data to the big AI companies&rsquo; servers,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ansari also assured that <strong>we can still use GPT-5<\/strong>, amongst others, but only for a fraction of our AI needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;We found that we can do <strong>most of what we need<\/strong> here in Malaysia by going local,&rdquo; said Ansari. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25110917\/ai-malaysia-local-chatgpt-img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Malaysia Doesn&rsquo;t Need ChatGPT 5, It Needs Local AI | Juwai IQI\" class=\"wp-image-116694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25110917\/ai-malaysia-local-chatgpt-img-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25110917\/ai-malaysia-local-chatgpt-img-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25110917\/ai-malaysia-local-chatgpt-img-1-370x185.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For Malaysian businesses, this means <strong>full control over sensitive data<\/strong> while still tapping into the power of AI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juwai IQI&rsquo;s COO and CIO<\/strong>, Nabeel Mungaye, breaks down the financial logic: using commercial AI services for basic business operations &ndash; such as chatbots, document summarisation, and marketing automation &ndash; could rack up over <strong>RM1.7 million annually<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve run some back-of-the-envelope numbers. A typical large Malaysian company that has embraced the use of AI for things like customer support, PDF summarisation, and marketing could end up paying over<strong> RM1.7 million (US$410,000) per year <\/strong>in usage fees from a service like OpenAI,&rdquo; explained Mungaye.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal-web-revamp.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93329\" style=\"width:268px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1.png 500w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-370x370.png 370w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/iqiglobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On the other hand, running an open-source model on a local server for those same needs could cost as little as <strong>RM63,000 (US$15,000) per year<\/strong>. You would essentially just pay the cost of electricity and maintenance for a powerful server.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<cite>Nabeel Mungaye, Juwai IQI&rsquo;s COO and CIO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Mungaye also highlights that by &lsquo;going local&rsquo;, companies can train their AI on Malaysian cultural and linguistic context, including <strong>Malay<\/strong>, <strong>Mandarin<\/strong>, <strong>English <\/strong>and even<strong> industry-specific language<\/strong> and expressions. This leads to more accurate, relevant and culturally aware AI interactions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while the world marvels at the latest shiny tech from Silicon Valley, Malaysia&rsquo;s leading firms are proving that <strong>smarter<\/strong>, <strong>safer<\/strong>, and <strong>more cost-effective<\/strong> AI solutions might just be right at home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><strong>Juwai IQI was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/thesun.my\/business-news\/forget-chatgpt-5-malaysian-companies-say-it-s-better-to-go-local-in-using-ai-juwai-iqi-KA14720864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-link-color\">theSun<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide sc_height_tiny\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-text-hover-color\">Juwai 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