AI

Singapore says AI safeguards must keep pace with technology

Singapore will continue to strengthen safeguards for artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology becomes more capable, with Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo saying safety measures must develop alongside adoption.

Tencent Cloud, AI Singapore launch industry AI hackathon with DBS, Keppel and others

Tencent Cloud and AI Singapore have launched a Singapore hackathon with DBS, Keppel, Aspire, Ryde and NTU LKCMedicine providing real-world agentic AI challenges.

Anthropic to open first Southeast Asia office in Singapore in October

Anthropic will open a Singapore office in October, its first in Southeast Asia and fifth in APAC, with local hiring planned across several functions.

China’s AI build-out will first enrich a handful of cities – S&P

China’s push to develop artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to benefit regions best equipped to support AI infrastructure and related services, while other parts of the country may have to wait for wider economic spillovers, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.

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AI is now a trusted insider in your business. Is it being governed like one?

Thales' Garen Ling argues that enterprises should govern AI systems with the same rigor applied to privileged users, including access, identity and data controls.

Huawei unveils million-processor architecture as it accelerates AI chip roadmap

Huawei has unveiled its Peerium architecture for linking up to one million processors while accelerating its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap.

Proofpoint’s Sumit Dhawan on AI security, data sovereignty and agentic risk [Q&A]

Proofpoint Global CEO Sumit Dhawan discusses AI security, data sovereignty, agent permissions, insider risk and data protection across APAC.

AI infrastructure boom is far from over amid capacity expansion – BIMB

BIMB Securities believes the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom is far from over, as hyperscalers continue to expand capacity while the pursuit of more capable AI models fuels ongoing upgrades across servers, networking equipment and data centers.

If AI spending wanes, only some Asia-Pacific tech firms would be resilient – S&P

Asia-Pacific technology hardware firms are benefiting from the artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom, but material downside risks could threaten strong demand across the AI-related value chain over the next two years, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.

China’s Apex Intelligence raises nearly $50M for self-evolving AI models

Beijing-based Apex Intelligence has raised nearly $50 million across angel rounds to develop self-evolving foundation models for scientific research.