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PA rolls out low-cost beginner AI courses at community clubs from November
Called AI @ Your Neighbourhood, the 25 starter courses cost S$7 each for the first year and aim to reach 10,000 residents new to AI.
The Business Times
MAS warns of new risks as AI agents start executing financial trades
MAS managing director Chia Der Jiun says AI agents that trade on their own could move money faster, raising liquidity and collateral risks.
The Straits Times
ElevenLabs opens Singapore regional HQ to build AI voice tools for local languages
The AI voice start-up is hiring engineers and sales staff here, aiming at chatbots and narration that handle regional languages and dialects.
The Business Times
Industrial AI firm PhysicsX opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore
The Temasek-backed company plans to grow its local team past 100 and has a $40 million R&D partnership with A*Star.
The Business Times
Cake bakery grows revenue 18% on the back of social media content
CakeInspiration credits branding, creator interviews and celebrity orders for lifting annual revenue from $720,000 to $850,000.
The Straits Times
EnterpriseSG to put $120m into Centres of Innovation for SMEs
The network will shrink from 27 to 10 centres over five years and absorb IPI’s technology-matching services as IPI winds down.
The Business Times
Agentic AI: existing rules still apply while Government reviews safeguards
MDDI told Parliament current risk and incident rules cover AI agents, and urged firms to keep humans accountable when deploying them.
The Business Times
MAS sets AI risk management rules for financial institutions from 2027
New MAS guidelines on AI risk cover board oversight, third-party AI and lifecycle controls, phased in from October 2027.
The Straits Times
IMDA: AI use among Singapore SMEs jumps to 23.4% in 2025
IMDA’s Digital Economy Report shows SME AI adoption rose from 14.5% to 23.4%, while the digital economy grew to $144.1 billion.
Singapore Business Review
Singtel’s RE:AI offers pay-as-you-use AI tokens for businesses
A new token-based managed service lets companies tap multiple AI models on a sovereign cloud without buying or managing them separately.
