How Singapore is charting its path amid AI regulatory fragmentation

WHEN artificial intelligence (AI) first took centre stage a decade ago, headlines were dominated by concerns over bias and discrimination, as well as the possibility that the technology might outpace our ability to govern it. In response, a wave of responsible AI (RAI) frameworks emerged to guide safe and trustworthy deployment.

While AI has driven business efficiency and transformed how we live and work, its risks cannot be ignored. As President Tharman Shanmugaratnam noted at Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 in May, we must “view the good with the bad” – maximising AI’s benefits while managing its perils.

Today, the OECD.AI Policy Navigator lists more than 1,300 international and national AI policy initiatives, nearly all incorporating RAI elements. Singapore is no exception, advancing its own National AI Strategy and developing RAI frameworks, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Feat (Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency) Principles and the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Model AI Governance Framework – now extended to cover generative AI.