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IMDA's Open Innovation Platform Bridges Singapore's AI Adoption Gap With Structured Challenge-Based Funding
Singapore's AI ambitions have never been in doubt — the National AI Council, S$4 billion in air traffic control AI investment, and a parade of government initiatives make the direction clear. But between policy aspiration and enterprise execution lies a familiar gap: companies know they should adopt AI, but...
EDB Q2 2026 Roundup: Singapore's AI Ecosystem Adds NVIDIA Lab, Sea CoE, and Sonar as National AI Missions Take Shape
Singapore's AI ecosystem added meaningful new infrastructure in the second quarter of 2026 — not just more data centres, but research labs, industry AI centres of excellence, and the institutional scaffolding to turn national AI strategy into sector-level outcomes. The Economic Development Board's quarterly...
Singapore's AI Boom Triggers Hardware Cost Crunch as DRAM Prices Surge 95%
The GPU-driven demand powering Singapore's data centre boom is constraining the global supply of standard enterprise hardware. DRAM prices have surged nearly 95% in 2026, and local businesses are feeling the squeeze as memory now accounts for more than half the cost of a new server.
AI Marketing Firm Brrandom Sets Up Singapore Centre of Excellence as It Expands Across ASEAN
Brrandom, an AI-native marketing technology company, is making Singapore its regional AI Centre of Excellence as it expands into Singapore and Indonesia with six new AI practice areas spanning ad tech, retail analytics, creative production, and agentic AI systems.
Singapore's young workers take on side hustles as AI reshapes the job market
Singapore's young workers are increasingly turning to side hustles — selling clothes on TikTok, running home cafes, flipping Pokemon cards — as AI reshapes the job market and nearly a third say a single salary is no longer enough to survive.
Singapore's Q2 GDP surge shows AI capex boom is now a measurable economic force
Singapore's Q2 GDP surged 5.7% as manufacturing jumped 12.2% on AI demand for chips and equipment, marking the clearest evidence yet that the AI capex boom is now a measurable force in the real economy.
WSH Council Launches SAGE, an AI-Powered Safety Tool, as Workplace Injuries Rise 2.5%
The Workplace Safety and Health Council has launched SAGE, an AI-enabled tool that helps safety professionals identify hazards and apply control measures faster, as Singapore reports a 2.5% rise in workplace injuries despite record-low fatal injury rates.
Singapore workers rank among least optimistic in Asia about AI's career impact, survey finds
Singapore's workforce has embraced artificial intelligence at work faster than almost any other market in Asia, but that enthusiasm hasn't translated into confidence about what the technology means for their careers. A new survey from recruitment agency Robert Walters reveals a striking disconnect: while 89...
India and Singapore Can Partner on Sustainable AI Data Centres, Says NUS Research Brief
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence is forcing a reckoning in data centre design — and a new research brief from the National University of Singapore's Institute of South Asian Studies argues that India and Singapore are uniquely positioned to cooperate on building sustainable digital
AI is tightening Singapore's entry-level job market — but the squeeze started years before ChatGPT
Singapore's headline employment numbers look as healthy as they have in years — unemployment at 2 per cent, nearly 1.5 vacancies for every jobseeker, and employment ticking upward across most sectors. But beneath that surface-level picture, something structural is shifting beneath the feet of recent...
6 in 7 Singapore CEOs Say AI Could Cost Them Their Job, Dataiku Survey Finds
Eighty-eight per cent of Singapore CEOs believe their job is at risk by end-2026 if they fail to deliver AI results, a Dataiku survey finds — underscoring the immense pressure on C-suites to balance rapid AI adoption with governance and trust.
NTU's AI Ambassador Hailey Sparks Backlash at Convocation Ceremony
A TikTok clip of NTU's AI ambassador Hailey at convocation has drawn swift backlash, with students and netizens questioning whether a GenAI persona belongs at one of university life's most human moments. The controversy reflects broader tensions around Singapore's accelerating AI adoption.