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From Black Box to Glass Box: Why Singapore's Finance Teams Are Demanding AI They Can Audit
Singapore's finance teams have moved past the question of whether to use AI. Faster closes, tighter controls and better visibility are now baseline expectations in an economy where digital transformation is a national priority. The harder question, the one boards and auditors are starting to...
July's tech sell-off tested the AI boom — Singapore's infrastructure bet is still running
Singapore's economy has spent the last two years riding the AI investment wave — the government this week raised its 2026 growth forecast to 4.5-5.5% partly on the strength of AI-driven electronics exports. But July gave global tech investors their sharpest scare in two decades.
AI adoption lifts Singapore business revenue 16% in a year, MTI study finds
Singapore's AI story is usually told in headline numbers — GDP upgrades, export surges, data centre dollars. But a new study from the Ministry of Trade and Industry looks at what AI actually does to the businesses on the ground, and the answer is more nuanced than the macro picture suggests: revenue and...
AI's National Day Reality Check: Singapore's Creative Industry Weighs Authenticity vs Efficiency
Singapore's AI story this year has run on semiconductors and GDP upgrades, but National Day 2026 turned into a quieter kind of test: whether AI-generated content can carry the country's most emotionally loaded cultural moments. From an AI-composed National Day song to an AI-assisted short film and a botched...
Singapore Lifts 2026 Export Forecast to 14-16% as AI Demand Drives Electronics Boom
Singapore's trade engine is running on AI. Enterprise Singapore on Tuesday upgraded the city-state's 2026 non-oil domestic exports (NODX) forecast to 14 to 16 per cent — more than triple the previous 3 to 5 per cent range — after exports surged 27.4 per cent in the second quarter, powered by electronics...
Singapore raises 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.5%-5.5%; economy grew 5.9% in Q2
Singapore's economy is growing far faster than anyone expected at the start of the year — and artificial intelligence is the reason. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Tuesday raised its 2026 growth forecast to 4.5 to 5.5 per cent, a sharp jump from the 2 to 4 per cent range it set in May, citing a...
AI-Made Zombie Film at NDP 2026 Sparks Singapore's 'AI Slop' Debate
An AI-generated short film shown during Singapore's National Day Parade has become the most argued-about piece of local filmmaking this year. Bersama Majulah, a four-minute spin-off of the Spore Fall franchise, depicts a spore outbreak sweeping a fictional city that mirrors Singapore's skyline —.
Singapore's MICE Planners Rethink ROI With Smaller Events and Smarter AI
Singapore's meetings-and-events industry has long sold itself on scale: vast convention halls, the region's busiest airport, and hotel capacity to match. But the conversation at this year's Cvent Accelerate, back in Singapore for a fifth edition, suggests the playbook is quietly changing.
Singapore Construction's AI Hesitancy Has a Price: 31% Cite Cost as the Real Barrier
Singapore's construction sector is heading into one of its busiest years in recent memory — the Building and Construction Authority is projecting demand of between S$47 billion and S$53 billion in 2026 — yet the firms doing the building are hesitating on the one technology that could make.
What If AI Makes Global Companies Need Less of Singapore? An NDP Thought Experiment
Singapore turned 61 this National Day looking stronger on paper than it ever has: global companies keep investing, the AI buildout is driving record export and GDP numbers, and the "Go Beyond" theme of this year's celebrations is a call to keep pushing forward. But beneath the festivities, one uncomfortable...
Ang Mo Kio Market Reopens With 'Little Red Bot' — an AI Sweeper Named After Singapore's Nickname
On National Day morning, a quieter piece of Singapore's AI story switched on in Ang Mo Kio. The Block 409 Market & Food Centre reopened after two months of upgrading works — and its most eye-catching new addition is Little Red Bot, an AI-powered robotic sweeper named after Singapore's own 'Little Red Dot' nickname.
S'porean Man Used ChatGPT to Plan Honey Trap, Extort S$20,000
A 20-year-old Singaporean man turned to ChatGPT to plan a honey trap scheme, posing as a teenage girl online to extort S$20,000 from another young man. Anthony Xu (transliterated from Mandarin) pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of cheating, and is now awaiting sentencing. The sc