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Singapore Google Cloud Partner tridorian Opens Hands-On Gemini Enterprise Experience Center
Partnerships19 Aug 2026

Singapore Google Cloud Partner tridorian Opens Hands-On Gemini Enterprise Experience Center

tridorian, a Singapore-based Google Cloud Premier Partner, has opened its Gemini Enterprise Experience Center in the city-state — a hands-on space designed to help enterprise leaders move beyond AI demos to governed, role-specific workflows that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Via Media OutReach
NUH's New Digestive Health Centre Adds Korean AI to Its Endoscopy Line-Up
Tools19 Aug 2026

NUH's New Digestive Health Centre Adds Korean AI to Its Endoscopy Line-Up

Singapore's public hospitals are quietly becoming the testing ground for medical AI, and the newest example sits inside a freshly opened centre at the National University Hospital, where NUH has added a South Korean diagnostic assistant called ENAD to help endoscopists spot lesions during gastrointestinal procedures.

Via Healthcare IT News
Singapore Business Sentiment Rebounds to 53.3 in Q2, With AI Investment a Key Driver
News19 Aug 2026

Singapore Business Sentiment Rebounds to 53.3 in Q2, With AI Investment a Key Driver

Singapore business sentiment rebounded two points to 53.3 in the second quarter, with the Singapore Business Federation explicitly crediting AI investment, resilient domestic growth and a contained Middle East fallout for the turnaround. The survey of more than 500 firms found broad-based improvement in profitability and hiring expectations, even as IT-related hiring cooled.

Via The Business Times
Singapore Cuts Scam Losses to S$913M, but Shanmugam Warns AI Is the New Frontline
Policy19 Aug 2026

Singapore Cuts Scam Losses to S$913M, but Shanmugam Warns AI Is the New Frontline

Singapore finally saw scam cases and money lost fall last year, but Senior Minister Shanmugam warns AI is the new frontline threat. Behind the headline S$913.1 million in 2025 scam losses lurks a stark example: one victim lost S$4.9 million to a deepfake and AI figured in the radicalisation of two youths.

Via The Straits Times
Singapore's Universities Flip From Policing AI to Teaching It as Jobs Demand AI Literacy
Education18 Aug 2026

Singapore's Universities Flip From Policing AI to Teaching It as Jobs Demand AI Literacy

For years, the debate in Singapore's lecture halls was about catching students who used AI to cut corners. Now the country's universities have changed tack — not just tolerating the technology but weaving it into how they teach, on the theory that the graduates who land the best jobs will be the ones who use...

Via South China Morning Post
ITAP Returns to Singapore in October as Industrial AI Moves From Pilot to Deployment
Events18 Aug 2026

ITAP Returns to Singapore in October as Industrial AI Moves From Pilot to Deployment

Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) returns to Suntec Singapore on Oct 21-22 under a renewed Deutsche Messe-Singapore Manufacturing Federation partnership, focused on moving industrial AI, automation and robotics from pilot projects to full commercial deployment.

Via Deutsche Messe
ERA Singapore Rolls Out ERA-GPT, Its Conversational AI Layer for 9,000 Agents
Tools18 Aug 2026

ERA Singapore Rolls Out ERA-GPT, Its Conversational AI Layer for 9,000 Agents

ERA Singapore has unveiled ERA-GPT, a conversational gateway that lets its roughly 9,000 real estate agents ask questions in plain language and get guided toward the market data and tools inside its SALES+ platform. More than three in four agents already use AI in the app, generating some...

Via The Edge Singapore
Singapore Orders Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to Verify Advertisers' Identities Under New Anti-Scam Code
Policy18 Aug 2026

Singapore Orders Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to Verify Advertisers' Identities Under New Anti-Scam Code

Singapore's fight against AI-fuelled scams is moving from chasing individual fraudsters to holding the platforms that carry their ads accountable. In its latest push under the Online Criminal Harms Act, the police are forcing Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to verify every advertiser's identity against...

Via The Straits Times
IMDA Accredits AI Security Firm Abnormal, Fast-Tracking It Into Singapore's Public Sector
Policy18 Aug 2026

IMDA Accredits AI Security Firm Abnormal, Fast-Tracking It Into Singapore's Public Sector

Singapore has been steadily turning its own government procurement into a proving ground for AI adoption, and the latest step came as IMDA accredited Abnormal AI under its vetting programme for technology vendors. The accreditation gives the US behavioural-security firm a formal channel to pursue government and enterprise customers.

Via Business Wire
NUS Unveils AI Sense Maker, a Research Discovery Tool Built on 150,000 Digitised Sources
Education18 Aug 2026

NUS Unveils AI Sense Maker, a Research Discovery Tool Built on 150,000 Digitised Sources

Singapore's universities have spent years racing to weave generative AI into the classroom, but the harder problem has always been the very first step of any serious research project: figuring out what to read. NUS's AI Sense Maker, launching 20 August, attacks that gap directly.

Via HardwareZone
SIA Runs 160+ AI Applications in Push to Become a Leading 'Digital Airline'
News18 Aug 2026

SIA Runs 160+ AI Applications in Push to Become a Leading 'Digital Airline'

Singapore Airlines has long been the benchmark for service in Asian aviation, and the national carrier is now trying to make that edge an artificial intelligence story. More than eight years into a digital transformation that began in 2018, when CEO Goh Choon Phong personally stepped up to champion AI as a...

Via The Business Times
VivoPower to Spin Off 2.2GW AI Data Centre Assets Into New Singapore-HQ Platform
News18 Aug 2026

VivoPower to Spin Off 2.2GW AI Data Centre Assets Into New Singapore-HQ Platform

VivoPower has approved spinning off over 2.2GW of non-Nordic AI data centre assets into a new, independently capitalised platform headquartered in Singapore. The vehicle targets pre-IPO and London and Abu Dhabi listings while VivoPower retains de facto control.

Via GlobeNewswire