Taiwan is pushing to add software strength to its chip and electronics base, a shift aimed at keeping the island central to global tech as AI reshapes the industry.

• Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim says new technology brings new risks along with new chances, and countries still disagree on whether AI should be regulated.
• One camp wants limits on AI over worries about biotech and robots; the other says restricting AI would only hold back competition between countries.
• Taiwan has long been called strong on hardware and weak on software, and the government now wants both.
• A new "AI ten major projects" plan would widen software use to help ordinary industries go digital, and fund quantum computing, silicon photonics and robots.
• Cybersecurity is part of the push too, including quantum-resistant encryption work.

Outlook: Expect Taiwan to spend more on software and quantum security while its hardware supply-chain role stays the main draw.