Author: Ng Chong

  • The Lobster in the Machine

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    Ng Chong

    OpenClaw didn’t just go viral — it marked the moment AI stopped answering questions and started running your life. Here’s what that actually means. The history of computing is dotted with moments when a project arrives that doesn’t feel like an incremental improvement. It feels like a rupture. Linux in 1991. The original iPhone in…

  • Mapping the Global Landscape: How LLMs Are Transforming Digital Health Data Governance Analysis

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    Ng Chong

    Building an open-source AI-powered platform to make health governance research accessible to the countries that need it most The Scale of the Problem There is a question that health policy researchers and regulators have been wrestling with for years: how well do countries’ laws actually protect people’s health data? Digital health is transforming healthcare systems…

  • Vanguard-MAS: AI That Vets Your Vendors

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    Ng Chong

    In today’s complex vendor landscape, organizations need smarter ways to evaluate third-party risk. Vanguard-MAS (Multi-Agent System) transforms vendor risk assessments from manual questionnaires into intelligent, automated investigations powered by specialized AI agents working in parallel. Background Developed to operationalize the University’s Vendor Risk Management Policy smoothly and efficiently, Vanguard-MAS addresses the challenge of scaling vendor assessments while…

  • Your Google Maps Key Might Now Be a Security Risk — Here’s Why

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    Ng Chong

    For over a decade, Google told developers something reassuring: API keys used for services like Maps, Firebase, and YouTube are not secrets. Embed them in your HTML. Put them in your JavaScript. Don’t worry about it. That guidance is now dangerously outdated and thousands of organizations may not know it yet. What Changed Security researchers…