What Solidum said
On 5 November 2026, DOST Secretary Renato Solidum opened Creative Summit 2026.
The summit was a two-day meeting at a hotel in Makati.
The Philippine News Agency reported his remarks on 6 November.
He said generative AI is changing how creative work is made.
He said it raises real questions about the future of creative jobs and the rules that protect them.
He also named piracy and intellectual property theft as problems the industry faces.
He did not announce a new AI law, a ban or a fund.
He said DOST will listen to creators' concerns and technology gaps.
It will use what it hears to update research roadmaps for the creative industries.
TV5 quotes a video message from the same day: "Tell us what you need, propose collaborations, bring us your hardest problems."
TV5 names the venue as Dusit Thani Makati.
Where the money has already gone
TV5 says an event media brief puts the investment at about P886.5 million.
That sum covers 76 projects in the creative industries.
The Philippine News Agency reports the same investment as P886 million.
BusinessWorld also states the figure as P886.5 million, across 76 projects as of 2026.
BusinessWorld says twenty of those projects are in games, digital animation and film.
That group also includes augmented and virtual reality and other emerging media.
Solidum said the work strengthens handloom weaving, furniture and footwear.
Musical instruments and jewelry are on that list too.
He also described support for technology business incubators and heritage restoration.
These are projects already supported.
The reports do not name a new round, a form or a deadline.
What was on display
TV5 lists work shown at the summit.
One is DigiTELAzation, a digital record of traditional handloom weaving.
Another is CYBERCRAFT PH, a three-dimensional pre-visualization tool for film.
A booth at the summit is not a grant you can join from this page.
Why it matters in the Philippines
Animators, game makers, filmmakers and craft workers can see both kinds of support.
Twenty projects sit in games, animation, film and augmented or virtual reality.
The remarks invite creators to say what they need.
They do not publish an address or a date for that input.
What to watch next
- Read the remarks as questions about jobs and rules, not as a new law.
- Wait for DOST or DOST-PCIEERD to publish a channel before you send a proposal.
- A project that already received funds is not an open place for a new applicant.
- Open the reports linked below before you repeat a number.
How this was checked
On 7 November 2026, this desk opened three reports.
The Philippine News Agency report is dated 6 November 2026.
The TV5 report is dated 5 November 2026.
The BusinessWorld report is dated 6 November 2026.
The summit date, the quotation, the project total and the missing application channel come from those pages.
The suggestions under What to watch next are advice for readers.
They are not instructions from DOST.
Put this into practice
Use these to read the speech and to compare how two reports print the same investment.
Sources & further reading
Source note. The linked sources support the news in this article. The explanations and suggested next steps are from Pinoy AI Works.
