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AI and the Singaporean worker

AI will have such a profound impact on businesses’ cost and pricing structures that failure to adopt rapidly will prove existential for a large swathe of the economy.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

If you thought the global financial crisis was bad...

As machines learn more and more, how will that affect the way that people acquire, practise and pass on the expertise previously gleaned from experience?
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Teaching AI how people work is fraught with problems

When a job is restructured out of existence, the worker loses the career infrastructure, professional identity and forward momentum that was built around the role.
Opinion & Features

Why middle management isn’t ‘safe’ from AI displacement

“Findings suggest that roles are being reconfigured, rather than phased out, as demand for AI-related jobs rose,” the PwC report noted.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Singapore public sector commands highest AI salary premium as job postings surge: PwC study

Total employment's expansion in Q1 is underpinned by stronger resident employment gains.
Singapore

Singapore’s total employment growth slows in Q1; job vacancies dip while retrenchments inch up

Once in the hundreds, postings for the City of London’s corporate lawyers, software developers, management consultants and digital marketing managers have all slumped into the double-digits. 
International

AI turns coders, lawyers and analysts into ghosts of London’s past

Foundit Insights Tracker data show that green jobs’ share of total hiring posts has increased to 4.4 per cent in the first five months of 2026, from 2.8 per cent in 2023.
ESG Insights
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 198: UBS cuts Asia ESG staff; S-E Asian renewables assets face high climate risk

(From right) Victor Chua, Dean Tong and host Claressa Monteiro.
Podcasts

My job, my skills, my future

Survey found that 35% of Singapore employers plan to increase headcounts between July and September.
Singapore

Singapore employers willing to pay premium for AI skills amid softer hiring sentiment: survey

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