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Agentic AI dominated ATxSummit — and trust was the main agenda
This year's ATxSummit in Singapore shifted the AI conversation from raw capability to accountability, as governments and industry grapple with autonomous agentic systems that can book appointments, execute workflows, and make decisions without constant human oversight in multi-agent environments.
Singapore AI Agents Sandbox Reveals Efficiency Gains and Risks in Government Trial
Singapore's AI Agents Sandbox — a four-month controlled trial led by Google and multiple government agencies including CSA, GovTech, and IMDA — has returned its findings, and the verdict is cautiously optimistic.
Why AI Governance, Not Speed, Will Determine Winners in Wealth Management
WRISE Private Singapore's CEO argues that wealth managers should focus on AI governance foundations — data controls, workflow integration, and human-led advisory — rather than racing to deploy the most tools, in a framework with clear implications for MAS-regulated firms.
Singapore Debuts Aspire 2B Supercomputer to Power AI Research in Climate and Healthcare
Singapore has switched on Aspire 2B, a S$270 million national supercomputer that ranks as the country's most powerful AI research machine, designed to accelerate breakthroughs in climate modelling, healthcare diagnostics, and multilingual AI.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Singapore's AI Execution Gap: 71% of Firms Still Haven't Adopted AI
71.5 per cent of firms in Singapore have not adopted AI at all, and only 3.8 per cent have integrated it into core processes. Three gaps — workforce readiness, system interoperability, and shadow AI governance — separate the country's AI policy architecture from its enterprise reality.
Singapore Remains a Semiconductor Powerhouse by Being Indispensable
Singapore produces one in every ten chips worldwide and accounts for around 20% of global semiconductor equipment output. With a strategy focused on specialty nodes, reliability, and supply chain resilience, the city-state is carving out a position that's difficult to replicate.
Singapore explores 'nutrition labels' for AI products in transparency push
Singapore is consulting tech firms on a voluntary 'nutrition label' system for AI products, requiring providers to disclose capabilities and limitations in a standardised format. The phased approach starts voluntary before assessing whether mandatory rules are needed.