AI

The widening gap between AI governance at board and management level and the pace of technological advancement will continue to constrain the speed and scale of enterprise AI adoption in Asia-Pacific,

Singapore has formally designated artificial intelligence (AI) as a national growth strategy, allocating 0.6 percent of GDP to the National Research Fund for AI capabilities and research in the FY2026 budget, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

As many as 61 percent of Singapore data analysts prefer a human-in-the-loop approach to AI, the highest share among all regions, as data quality and governance challenges continue to limit organizations' ability to act on AI-generated outputs.

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.

Singapore leads Southeast Asia in per capita adoption of Google's Gemini AI platform and ranks first globally by the same measure, while Vietnam dominates the region in mathematical reasoning, coding, and AI-assisted education.

Organisations in Asia-Pacific are moving beyond measuring artificial intelligence (AI) by time saved and are increasingly seeking differentiated insights and competitive advantages generated by AI.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business under Chinese giant Tencent, has expanded its international suite of AI agent solutions to the Indonesian market.

PixVerse, a global AI video generation platform with over 150 million users across 177 countries, has completed a Series C extension bringing total Series C fundraising to $439 million, following strong interest from international investors across media, entertainment, and technology.

Strong AI-related demand for semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment drove Singapore's manufacturing sector to 12.2 percent year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2026, accelerating from 8.0 percent in the first quarter and powering the broader economy to 5.7 percent overall growth.

Only 29 percent of Singapore desk workers identify as AI sceptics, well below the global average of 37 percent and significantly lower than 53 percent in the United States, United Kingdom, and France.