Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic touts new AI tools weeks after legal plug-in spurred market rout

The new plug-ins target investment banking, HR and engineering tasks

Of the 31 MPs who spoke over seven hours on Tuesday (Feb 24), several highlighted barriers to AI adoption and proposed measures to ease the transition.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

AI adoption, S$15.1 billion surplus dominate first day of Budget debate

Some MPs call for CDC Voucher scheme to be refined into a recurring ‘social dividend’

The competition for top talent is pushing firms to reimagine the ways they distribute pay.

Bosses ditch ‘peanut-butter’ pay in favour of giving big raises to top talent

Stiff competition for standout talent is prompting more managers to reward the very best, while ignoring the rest

From left: Singtel Digital InfraCo CTO Manoj Prasanna Kumar, Digital InfraCo CEO Bill Chang, Senior Minister of State (Digital Development and Information) Tan Kiat How, and Nvidia solutions senior vice-president Marc Hamilton.

Singtel’s Digital InfraCo, Nvidia launch applied AI centre to power Singapore’s innovation capabilities

With the centre, large enterprises can get help in deploying AI solutions more quickly and cheaply, backed by Singtel and Nvidia’s resources

A robot interacting with visitors at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, which brought together representatives from more than 100 countries.

Shaping a human-centric future for AI

Artificial intelligence must become a tool for global good, opening new doors of progress for the Global South

Prestige has always been a by-product of legal practice, not its purpose, says the writer.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Law is a calling and a public institution, not just a technical craft

If the legal profession is to reassess itself in the light of AI, it should move towards a clearer articulation of its public role

The European Central Bank is running workshops to identify how banks are using generative AI.

ECB steps up scrutiny of European banks’ AI industry exposure

The central bank is quizzing some banks about their lending to data centres

Software firms both in the US and elsewhere have already paused or postponed fundraising efforts as lenders and investors expect AI to upend the industry.

Software companies face higher borrowing costs, tougher scrutiny as AI threatens businesses

No software sector deals in pipeline as firms await trading level recovery