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Singapore strengthens privacy tools for AI adoption
Singapore has on Monday launched a new guide on federated learning to help businesses adopt privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for artificial intelligence (AI) development, as organizations seek ways to unlock the value of data while strengthening protection of personal information.
Vietnam emerges as SEA’s next data center contender amid regional capacity shift – BMI
Vietnam is emerging as a credible secondary data center hub in Southeast Asia over the next five years, benefiting from rapid cloud adoption and a spillover of investment from more constrained markets such as Singapore and Malaysia, BMI Country Risk & Industry Research said on Monday.
Singapore launches new Transparency Guidelines to help consumers use GenAI Chatbots safely and responsibly
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has on Monday published new voluntary guidelines to help consumers navigate the use of Generative AI (GenAI) Chatbots.
IMDA launches Singapore’s first Digital Twin Playbook for Enterprises
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Monday it has developed Singapore’s first Digital Twin for Enterprises Playbook to help business leaders and digital transformation teams in non-information and communications technology (ICT) enterprises adopt Digital Twin technology with confidence.
Malaysia poised to become regional data center hub – S&P
Malaysia can overcome execution challenges to become one of Southeast Asia's largest data center hubs, nearly tripling capacity by 2030, S&P Global Ratings said Monday.
Skills built faster than work redesigned to use them: Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore organizations are building skills faster than they are redesigning work to deploy them, creating a "capability debt" or the cost of work evolving faster than the systems organizing it, according to a report released at Singapore Polytechnic's HR Learning Fest 2026.
Singapore’s Ant International brings payment gateway Alipay+ to Argentina’s national QR payment network
Singapore-based Ant International has integrated its Alipay+ payment gateway with Argentina's national QR payment scheme Transferencias 3.0, enabling international visitors to make digital payments at merchants across the country using their home-market payment apps.
Vietnam’s VinFast, Germany’s TÜV Rheinland to jointly develop vehicle testing center
Vietnam's electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast and Germany's TÜV Rheinland will collaborate to develop the VinFast Testing Center to international standards and provide testing and technical advisory services to automotive manufacturers in Vietnam and the ASEAN region.
ChatGPT for beginners, Claude for experts, AI competition continues: GenAI Fund
A new study of Vietnam-based GenAI Fund shows that OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude are running nearly equal in overall platform adoption, but diverge sharply when builders are segmented by experience.
Southeast Asia IPO raised surges 85 percent on year to $2.5B in first half – EY
Southeast Asia saw a total of 35 initial public offerings (IPOs) that raised $2.5 billion, down 30 percent in volume and 85 percent increase in proceeds compared with 50 IPOs raising $1.4 billion in the first half of 2025, EY said Friday.
