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Singapore's PDPC Proposes Mandatory Notifications When Firms Use Personal Data for AI Training
Singapore's data protection authority has proposed new rules requiring organisations to issue AI-specific notifications when using personal data to train generative AI models, replacing broad privacy notices with detailed disclosures on data usage and opt-out options.
86% of Singapore CEOs Believe Their Jobs Are at Risk If AI Strategies Fail
A new global study by Dataiku found that 86% of Singapore CEOs believe their role is at risk if they fail to deliver business gains from AI by end-2026, highlighting how AI has become a board-level accountability issue across the city-state's corporate landscape.
Kadan Capital: Singapore's Three-Person VC Powered by AI
Singapore-based Kadan Capital operates with just three employees, yet has closed 18 investments in under three years by running an AI-powered investment engine that sources deals, generates meeting memos, and tracks startup signals across LinkedIn, GitHub and Product Hunt.
49% of Singapore Workers Fear AI and Automation Could Cost Them Their Jobs
Nearly one in two Singapore employees believe their jobs could be affected by restructuring, automation or cost-cutting this year, placing the city-state well above the global average of 37%, according to Morgan McKinley's 2026 Workplace Trends Report.
WYF Launches Global AI Talent Compact With Singapore's AISG at Geneva Summit
World Youth Forum launched the Global AI Talent Compact at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, with Singapore's AISG as a founding institutional partner shaping the five-pillar framework for AI-era talent development.
Bitdeer Breaks Ground on US$36M AI Electronics Plant in Nevada
Singapore-headquartered Nasdaq-listed Bitdeer Technologies Group has started construction on a US$36 million advanced electronics manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, marking its first domestic factory in the United States with capacity to produce 10,000 units of AI and Bitcoin mining hardware per month.
AI-Resilient Jobs Still Mean Using AI, Say Singapore Workers
Singapore workers in sectors considered AI-resilient — healthcare, skilled trades, and social services — are still embracing artificial intelligence to complement their work, even as they remain confident their core roles cannot be automated. A new Straits Times report finds that employees in these fields use AI for administrative tasks, translation, and planning while relying on uniquely human skills like empathy, judgement, and physical interaction that machines cannot replicate.
Singapore Investors Lead Globally in Using AI, But Still Trust Human Advisers
Singapore's mass affluent and high-net-worth investors use AI for financial tasks at rates above the global average, yet only 8% said AI was the single most influential source in their last major investment decision, according to new HSBC research from Ipsos. The survey reveals a hybrid model where investors combine machine-led analysis with professional human advice, with 57% favouring AI and advisers working together.
Singapore Builders Turn to Robots as Construction Labour Crunch Deepens
Singapore's construction sector is accelerating its adoption of robotics as a persistent labour shortage pushes builders to rethink how work gets done on site. Over 25 types of robots have been deployed across about 60 projects — up from virtually none in 2022 — with public agencies like HDB and JTC mandating their use in tenders, according to the Building and Construction Authority.
AISG Researchers Uncover Novel BadEdit Backdoor Attack on LLMs
Researchers from AI Singapore have published a paper detailing BadEdit, a novel backdoor attack technique that exploits model editing to implant malicious behaviours in large language models while preserving their performance on standard benchmarks, raising fresh concerns about the security of widely deployed AI systems.
AISG and Google Host Third Languages Summit for SEA Language AI
AI Singapore, Google, and Thailand's VISTEC co-hosted the third Languages Summit, bringing together researchers to tackle the persistent under-representation of Southeast Asian languages in large language models, a gap that limits AI accessibility for hundreds of millions of speakers across the region.
Nostalgic AI Images of Old Singapore Spark Debate on Authenticity and Memory
A Straits Times columnist explores how AI-generated recreations of iconic Singapore landmarks like the former Jurong Entertainment Centre and the old King Albert Park McDonald’s are becoming so realistic they blur the boundary between real photography and synthetic imagery, raising fresh questions about digital authenticity and collective memory in the age of generative AI.