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
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Singapore employers are increasingly seeking AI capabilities across tech roles, with demand rising across both Information & Communications (I&C) and non-I&C sectors, particularly in Finance & Insurance, Professional Services and Manufacturing.
Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) is expanding AI risk testing, cross-border incident exercises and Thai-language safety evaluations to strengthen oversight across government and industry.
Former Google DeepMind researchers’ Reflection AI is positioning Beam against leading Chinese open-weight models on coding and agentic capabilities, while highlighting its lower inference compute and efficient use of model parameters.
The 13-member council, which includes Yoshua Bengio, was formed to advise the government on AI safety, adoption, economic competitiveness and creating AI-related jobs as it implements its AI for All strategy.
The servers contained US-manufactured GPUs commonly used for Super Intelligence (SI) applications. Prosecutors allege that Lui and his co-conspirators used false paperwork and routed the equipment through Malaysia and Singapore before allegedly re-exporting it to China.
MCMC and MACC will use AI to strengthen enforcement and corruption prevention, with the MoU covering digital technology, investigations, knowledge sharing and capacity building.
The centre will focus on AI research, skilling, startups and industry collaboration under the IndiaAI Mission.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs over potential risks their technologies pose to consumers. The New York Post first reported the development, citing administration officials. The FTC is preparing an industry-wide inquiry into AI developers, with the agency expected to seek information and testimony from executives at… Continue reading FTC Opens Probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and AI Labs Amid AI Agents Going Rogue
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.
After Jacob Coxon, Robert O’Callahan walked away from a promising AI job after concluding that his work would accelerate AI. He quit Google, saying the technology is progressing too fast, has doubts about where it is heading and wants his future work to be “unambiguously pro-human” and aligned with God’s plan.
