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APAC Leads AI Adoption in Real Estate But Skill Shortage Stands as Main Barrier
Asia-Pacific companies are leading the world in adopting artificial intelligence across their real estate operations, but a deepening skills shortage threatens to stall momentum before most organisations see meaningful returns. A new survey from commercial real estate services firm JLL makes the tension...
Rising AI Bills Push Singapore Companies to Chase ROI Over 'Tokenmaxxing'
For the past two years, Singapore's corporate AI playbook has been simple: throw tokens at the problem and figure out the cost later. That era is ending as companies wake up to the reality that AI without clear ROI is a fast track to budget blowouts, and they're responding by getting surgical about which models to use.
AI-Fuelled Electronics Keep Singapore Exports Resilient but Growth Becoming Increasingly Concentrated
Singapore's export machine is running hotter than it has in decades, but the engine powering it is almost entirely electric. Non-oil domestic exports grew at their fastest pace since 1998 in June, driven by AI-linked electronics shipments, widening the gap between electronics and non-electronics exports.
AI Demand Drives Singapore's Q2 GDP to 5.7% but Chipmaker Market Volatility Flags Growing Risk
Singapore's economy is increasingly writing its own story, one where artificial intelligence isn't just a subplot but the main character driving growth. The latest GDP figures for Q2 2026 show the city-state grew 5.7 per cent year-on-year, powered primarily by AI-related demand rippling through electronics...
AI-Generated News Anchors Are Spreading Misleading Claims About Singapore on TikTok
AI-generated news anchors with realistic delivery are spreading misleading claims about Singapore on TikTok, exploiting the gap between synthetic media capabilities and platform detection systems. The trend pressures Singapore's regulators and media literacy programmes to respond before the technology outpaces policy.
Fake Think-Tank Used AI-Generated Profiles to Target Intelligence Analysts: Report
A fake think-tank claiming to be Singapore-based used AI-generated employee profiles to approach security analysts and intelligence personnel, The Straits Times has found. The Institute of East Asia Strategic Studies has no official registration in Singapore, and most of its listed experts appear fabricated.
Singapore's June non-oil exports rise 20.7% as AI demand stays robust
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 20.7 per cent year on year in June, with electronics shipments surging 105.1 per cent on AI-driven demand for chips, disk media, and PCs — the latest signal that artificial intelligence is reshaping the city-state's trade landscape.
Singapore's June non-oil exports rise 20.7% as AI demand stays robust
Singapore's June non-oil exports rose 20.7% year on year, with electronics shipments surging 105.1% on AI-driven demand for integrated circuits (up 115.4%), disk media (up 170.9%), and PCs (up 95.8%) — the strongest electronics growth since 1998, powering total trade to S58.1 billion.
Tourist guides adapt as AI and social media reshape how visitors explore Sing...
For years, Singapore's tourism pitch has rested on a blend of efficiency and curated experience — gardens, hawker centres, and guided tours that package the city-state into digestible itineraries. But the same AI tools that travellers now use to plan their own trips are quietly reshaping the...
GovTech Retrenches 93 Staff as Singapore's Digital Agency Shifts to Product Model
Singapore's Government Technology Agency has retrenched 93 staff as part of a two-year restructuring that will affect 7 to 9 per cent of its workforce. Chairman Chng Kai Fong said the move is not AI-driven but a strategic shift from managing vendor-delivered projects to owning and running technology products in-house, with the agency expecting to ultimately employ more people at the end of the transition.
AI Now Carries Out Cyberattacks With Little Human Input: Check Point Report
For the first time, AI tools have automated significant parts of cyber intrusions over the past 12 months, performing in minutes what used to take skilled attackers hours or days, according to a new 56-page report from Check Point Research.
76% of Singapore Wealthy Use AI for Investing, But Advisors Stay Central: HSBC
More than three-quarters of Singapore’s mass affluent and high-net-worth investors now use AI for finance and investments, yet nearly 80 percent bring their AI-generated insights to a human advisor before making decisions, according to a new HSBC-commissioned study.