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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

Singapore FM Proposes UN AI Safety Framework, Says Humans Must Stay “In Control and Accountable”

Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan, who proposed exploring a UN Framework Convention on AI Safeguards at the 81st UN General Assembly.

Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said differences among states should not prevent cooperation on AI safeguards, warning of risks from losing control over autonomous systems and rogue actors using AI to create bioweapons or other weapons of mass destruction or mass disruption.

Singapore’s AI Rise Takes Spotlight at Tech in Asia Conference as Funding Hits $9.3 Billion

The 15th Tech in Asia Conference in Singapore focused on the region’s accelerating shift toward enterprise AI adoption.

Singapore’s AI funding lead comes as Southeast Asian businesses increasingly move from experimenting with AI to deploying it at scale, a shift reflected at the 15th Tech in Asia Conference in Singapore.

Singapore Approves Four Data Centres to Expand Capacity on Jurong Island

Singapore’s Jurong Island industrial district, where the country is expanding data centre capacity under new green-energy requirements. Source Wiki Commons

Singapore has approved Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to add 50MW of data centre capacity on Jurong Island.

AI Is Making Singapore’s Workers Anxious. PM Wong Says Training Is the Answer

Singapore PM Wong said that AI is giving anxiety to country's workers.

Singapore’s prime minister used his National Day address to acknowledge what surveys have been signalling for months: workers are anxious about AI. Lawrence Wong promised skills and training investment — but Q2 retrenchments rose to 4,500, and only 14% of Singaporean employees report being engaged at work.