Thailand launches “Nok Krasip”, or “whispering bird”, an AI-powered assistant on the Thung Ngern (Money Bag) app to help small shops analyse sales, costs and profits

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana is confident that 40,000 retailers, restaurateurs and service agencies will soon be signed up for the government’s “Eat, Shop, Use” tourism-stimulus campaign now that 32,000 have already registered.