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Launched on Aug 5, Grab AI Call-A-Ride (Beta) enables ride booking through conversing with an AI voice assistant.

New Grab AI-powered call service aims to drive convenience for seniors

In a media statement on Aug 5, Grab Singapore announced the launch of Grab AI Call-A-Ride (Beta), which is an AI-powered call service for booking rides. Available via +65 3138 0000, this pilot service...

At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom.

AI Infrastructure Build Brings Windfall to Indian Suppliers

Minister for Digital Development and Information, Mrs Josephine Teo, at the Singapore Data Festival 2026

AI-Specific Notifications Mandatory for Firms Using Personal Data to Train AI models: PDPC

Temasek plans to grow its slice of the AI pie, which already includes names like Anthropic and SpaceX.

Temasek announces new investments in AI and sustainability, growing private credit portfolio

This rise is attributed to sustained malicious activity and better detection of botnet devices

Malware-affected systems have more than doubled, according to Singapore Cyber Landscape report

(Left) Players at the Singapore Cricket Club Academy using the Level Up cameras-aided app to improve their game; (above) Sitanshu Dash.

Singapore Start-Up Bowls Over Grassroots Cricket with AI-Powered Analytics Platform

ArchAIve co-founders (from far left) Joon Jun Han, Prakhar Trivedi and Toh Zheng Yu.

Led by Indian-Origin Co-Founder, Young Singaporean Trio Uses AI to Unlock Cultural Heritage

Mr Chan Yeng Kit, CEO of SPH Media at Asia Economic Summit 2026

SPH Media CEO speaks on vitality of trusted journalism amid AI and geopolitical shifts

Non-oil domestic exports expanded 4 per cent, adding to the 9.2 per cent growth in January.

AI-related demand surges trade momentum for key exports in Singapore

The reductions amount to about 8 per cent of Shopee’s developer workforce.

Shopee cuts hundreds of developer jobs in pivot to AI

Within the past year, pay for AI roles has climbed by about 15 per cent to 25 per cent, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters.

Salaries for AI workers grow five times higher, fresh grads earning up to S$90,000 annually

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and The Straits Times’ associate editor Zakir Hussain at a dialogue with the Singapore Press Club in Toa Payoh on June 8.

“We need to be more productive. I think AI can be a game changer.”: PM Lawrence Wong at Singapore Press Club dialogue

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and The Straits Times’ associate editor Zakir Hussain at a dialogue with the Singapore Press Club in Toa Payoh on June 8.

AI can improve productivity, be ‘game changer’ in cities like S’pore with labour shortage: PM Wong

ChatGPT has become one of the world’s most searched terms on Google, the writer says

Op-ed: AI Here, AI There, AI Everywhere!

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon in an interview with the media at the Supreme Court on May 22.

“It is critical that people believe the courts make decisions based on evidence.”: Chief Justice

Bite-sized snippets from across the Indian subcontinent.

India in 2 minutes for the Week of May 29

Grab’s CTO speaking at ATX Summit 2026.

ATx Summit 2026: Indian Tech Leaders on Shaping AI’s Next Chapter

A signage at the ATX Summit held at Capella Hotel in Singapore, May 21, 2026.

The Editor’s Beat: Reorientating AI Around Jobs

The test bed in Punggol Digital District is set to launch later in 2026, allowing new robotic and AI systems to be continuously tested and refined.

New AI-powered Food Delivery, Cleaning, and Patrol Robots to Roam Punggol Digital District

“The problem is not artificial intelligence. It is our natural vagueness,” says the writer.

Op-ed: Artificial Intelligence vs Natural Vagueness

Meta also announced that some 7,000 workers have been reassigned to new teams focusing on AI initiatives.

Meta lays off over 8,000 jobs, over 100 in SG, due to AI-focused restructuring

Digital Development and Information Minister Josephine Teo outlined Singapore’s four key AI missions at the Asia Tech x Summit tech conference on May 20.

Work on Sector-Wide AI Projects Has Begun, Starting with Aviation Sector: Josephine Teo

Bite-sized snippets from across the lion city.

Singapore in 2 Minutes for the Week of May 22

PM Wong spoke at the SGLaw200 Youth Forum, which included members of the judiciary and tertiary students.

Singapore’s Laws and Institutions must Evolve and Keep Pace in Age of AI: PM Wong

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