Artificial Intelligence
When skills beat degrees in an AI economy
Hiring in Singapore has long revolved around paper qualifications despite efforts to make them less relevant. While nearly 80 per cent of the country’s job postings in 2024 did not require the candida...
Time to overhaul the education system
Now, more than ever, the skill our children need is resilience – to pick themselves up after they fail
Amazon shares slide as US$200 billion outlay fans fears over AI returns
Big tech’s massive AI spending hike surprises analysts, raising doubts over whether returns can keep pace
Gold’s plunge, a new Fed chair and Asia in flux
Gold’s crash, AI threats, Asia’s pivotal week, and Fed intrigue—Howie Lim and Raisah Rasid unpack volatility, geopolitics, and smart-money moves.
SMEs get fast track to enterprise-ready AI under new Microsoft-led programme
Backed by IMDA and UOB, the scheme supports digitally mature firms in rolling out artificial intelligence solutions
Why do we feel empathy for robots?
The hardest governance problems may not be what these systems can do, but how they make us feel
AI race sends Big Tech’s capital spending to stratospheric high
Each tech giant has laid out a slightly different route to recouping their investments
Reddit forecasts revenue above estimates as AI fuels ad sales
Its daily active unique visitors rose 19 per cent, to 121.4 million in Q4 2025
Amazon says it will spend US$200 billion this year on AI build-out
Microsoft and Alphabet also spent more heavily than anticipated
OpenAI unveils AI agent service as part of push to attract businesses
The platform is part of a broader effort by OpenAI to seize the enterprise market from its rivals
