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AGC says more than 200 delegates from over 40 jurisdictions are attending a Singapore-hosted conference on legislative drafting, with sessions covering AI tools, digital decision-making and accountability.
CloudMile and Tookitaki’s Malaysia agreement links secure cloud deployment with AI-driven anti-money laundering and fraud detection for regulated financial institutions.
IMDA says 315 students from 66 schools took part in the fourth National Youth Tech Championship, programming robots for an endurance-style obstacle course.
IMDA says the four-year programme will support digital content development, new formats and AI-assisted workflows for Singapore media professionals and companies.
IMDA and ISCA have launched AIxAccountancy, a free two-phase programme tied to a three-year ambition to upskill 60,000 accountancy and corporate-finance professionals.
OpenAI says ChatGPT Work can gather context across tools, files and desktop apps to create finished outputs, putting agentic workflows closer to everyday business operations.
Bitdeer says it has broken ground on a US$36 million advanced electronics manufacturing facility in Nevada, extending a Singapore-headquartered AI and bitcoin-infrastructure player further into hardware production.
The IMF’s July 2026 World Economic Outlook update says the top four AI hardware exporters are Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan Province of China and Thailand, with Malaysia and Thailand also seeing stronger growth from the technology cycle.
Temasek says AI-related exposure currently represents 6% of portfolio value and that it aims to increase this to up to 15% by 2031 across the value chain.
A company-issued release says Sprouts.ai has raised a US$9 million Pre-Series A round led by True Global Ventures and Accel to scale revenue agents built on a proprietary go-to-market data layer.
Thailand’s Board of Investment says nine approved projects worth USD 1.99 billion span AI infrastructure, advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy and food.
Nestlé says it will invest CHF 563 million in a new Nescafé facility in Samut Prakan, using automation and AI-enabled systems to support quality, efficiency and sustainability.