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Cheaper Chinese AI Models Give Asian Businesses a Cost Break With Strings Attached
Chinese AI models are dramatically undercutting their US rivals on price — MiniMax and Moonshot charge roughly US$2 to US$3 per million output tokens, compared with US$30 for OpenAI's GPT 5.5 and US$15 for Anthropic's Claude 4.5 — but the discount comes with trade-offs that Asian.
Singapore's AI Upskilling Push Must Reach Frontline Workers, Experts Warn
As Singapore races to equip its workforce for an AI-driven economy, a significant gap is emerging: the frontline workers in logistics, operations, and manual roles are being left behind. Rachel Chen of J&T Express Singapore argues that while knowledge workers are rapidly adopting AI for.
APAC Enterprises Can't Afford to Wait for AI Governance Rules
Enterprises across Asia-Pacific are being warned not to delay AI governance until regulators force the issue, because retrofitting rules onto already-deployed agentic systems is far harder and more disruptive than building governance in from the start. The region is moving at different speeds.
Shopee Cuts Hundreds of Developer Jobs as Sea Pivots to AI
Shopee is cutting approximately 8% of its developer workforce globally as parent company Sea Limited restructures toward AI, with product and engineering teams in Singapore among the hardest hit. Severance packages offer one month per year of service plus two additional months.
Meta's Manus Breakup Closes Singapore Loophole for Chinese AI Firms
Meta has completed its operational separation from Manus, the red-hot agentic AI startup, cutting off data sharing and internal system access as both companies work to unwind a US$2 billion deal that Beijing ordered reversed.
Singapore to Turn Jurong Island Into AI-Ready Datacentre Hub
Singapore is preparing to transform Jurong Island, its petrochemical and energy hub, into a global reference point for sustainable, AI-scale digital infrastructure, according to a newly published report from Iron Mountain, Baringa, JTC Corporation and the Economic Development Board.
Citibank Singapore Taps AI to Win Wealth Management Race
Citibank Singapore is doubling down on artificial intelligence and wealth management expansion as competition in the city-state's private banking sector intensifies. The bank reported double-digit revenue and client investment asset growth in 2025 with momentum continuing through Q1 2026,.
Singapore to Create AI Agent Registry for 150,000 Public Officers
Singapore is building a registry of AI agents to track and manage the use of autonomous AI tools across 150,000 public officers as part of its AI Assistant Desk initiative. GovTech CEO Goh Wei Boon confirmed the system will provide visibility and security over AI agents that make decisions at machine speed.
Trust Will Decide Whether Singapore AI Bet Pays Off
The primary barrier to AI adoption in Singapore has shifted from access to trust, argues a new analysis from The Edge Singapore. As AI moves beyond low-stakes pilots into core banking, healthcare and public service functions, the question is whether Singaporeans can rely on these systems enough to use them in everyday economic life.
AI Note-Taking Startup Plaud Invests $10M in Singapore Hub
Plaud, the AI startup behind a credit card-sized voice recorder, is investing 0 million to grow its Singapore office from 100 to 150 staff as it expands Asia-Pacific operations. The Singapore team will handle AI development, cloud infrastructure, and regional compliance for 12 markets.
AI Agents Must Be as Accountable as Human Workers: BT Opinion
The era of treating AI agents as experimental pilots is over, argues a Business Times opinion piece. Singapore’s move to create an AI agent registry signals that autonomous AI tools have shifted from curiosities to operational realities that need to be tracked, owned and governed like human employees.
Singapore AI Strategy Secret: Double Down on Hub Status
Singapore’s economic playbook for AI is straightforward: don’t try to build the next ChatGPT. Instead, the city-state should reinforce what it’s already known for — being a global hub — by focusing on applied enterprise AI solutions at scale rather than competing on frontier models.