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Why SMEs are being left behind in the AI integration race

Organisations that succeed are not those with the largest engineering teams, but those that can effectively embed institutional expertise into AI systems

Singapore is the one place in Asia where global labs, Middle Eastern sovereign capital and Asean enterprise buyers can sit in the same room with minimal political friction.
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The Silicon Valley-Singapore bridge: bringing AI to the world

The moment to define the next decade of artificial intelligence deployment in Asia is now

Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How says enterprises need to go beyond the AI buzz and focus on practical deployment.

Singapore ramps up AI push for SMEs with new initiatives, partnerships

Awards recognising those that have achieved measurable business outcomes through use of artificial intelligence launched

The proposed divestment of M1's telco business to Simba will be removed from Keppel's announced monetisation for 2025.
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Keppel shares drop 2.1% after M1-Simba deal falls through

Shares of Simba parent Tuas Ltd are down over 60% on the ASX

Keppel's focus will be on executing a “Plan B” that it prepared in the event that it retains majority ownership of M1.

Keppel to let M1-Simba deal lapse; M1 to be restructured with focus on ‘rightsizing’

Group says the telco industry in Singapore is in need of consolidation and will benefit from it

IMDA's latest initiative falls under the National AI Impact Programme and is an expansion of the TechSkills Accelerator Programme that was launched in 2016.

IMDA to upskill 40,000 tech professionals over three years amid AI disruption

It will co-chair a work group with Workforce Singapore to ensure programmes are relevant and responsive

What is increasingly needed is AI bilingualism: the ability to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and risks.

The real AI race is for deployable talent, not models

Scaling the tech’s positive impact will require work redesign, applied learning, cross-sector collaboration

Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How says demand for tech roles is expected to grow among non-tech firms as they have posted a 3.9% increase in such positions between 2023 and 2024.

IMDA boosts support for fresh tech graduates with more industry immersions, career resources

This is part of better preparing them for the workforce, says Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How

(From left) ShopBack chief product officer Justin Lee, and co-founder and head of expansion Josephine Chow joined the rewards platform in its early years and helped grow the start-up to a regional business.
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Global connections, deeper dialogues: How ShopBack leaders sharpen strategy through peer learning

As the rewards platform pushes into unfamiliar markets, its senior team taps communities like IMDA’s Singapore Digital Leadership Accelerator to pressure-test decisions, broaden perspectives and build...