Artificial Intelligence

South-east Asia’s governments put AI to work in tourism

The region’s governments are using AI to upgrade visitors’ travel experience, not just to bump up the numbers

As investors, we should always ask: Are we reacting to what has happened, or to what we fear might happen?
A SMART LOOK AT INVESTING

The SaaS apocalyse: When fear does the thinking

THE stock market can’t make up its mind. On the one hand, it is fretting over the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Geo-economic shifts, the emergence of game-changing technology and demographic shifts are clouding visibility over the next half-decade.
CIO CORNER

Supertrends to boost portfolios over the next five years

These structural shifts are already rapidly unfolding and will continue to play out

Alibaba’s Damo Academy introduced an open-source foundation model 'RynnBrain' that engages with the environment, understands space in relation to time and can figure out steps towards completing a task.

Alibaba pushes into robotics AI with open-source ‘RynnBrain’

With the release, Alibaba takes on AI leaders including Alphabet’s Google and Nvidia

Amazon Web Services has circulated slides that mention a content marketplace, the report said.

Amazon plans to launch AI content marketplace, The Information reports

AMAZON has signalled to publishing industry executives that it is planning to launch a marketplace where publishers can sell their content to firms offering artificial intelligence products, The Infor...

Budget 2026 is expected to focus on strengthening Singapore’s economic resilience amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, says Rohan Solapurkar, tax and legal leader at Deloitte Singapore.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026 may give firms more targeted, strategic support to navigate global uncertainty

Observers say AI adoption will be a major focus of this year’s Budget, alongside renewed emphasis on internationalisation and sustainability

ByteDance, the parent company of video sensation TikTok, launched on Feb 7 its newest iteration AI video creation app Seedance 2.0.

ByteDance’s new video model sparks rally in China AI app stocks

Demand for shares of Chinese firms with killer apps has grown in recent months

Now, scammers are using large language models and other AI tools to make their cons more sophisticated.

AI helps scam centres evade crackdown in Asia, dupe more victims

The ability to use technology anywhere may also reshape the scam landscape in terms of where centres are established

The government should allocate funds to areas in which Singapore has a comparative advantage, say analysts.

Singapore should make targeted ‘big bets’ to stretch S$1 billion AI investment, say analysts

This could be done by identifying high-growth projects and companies, and then increasing investments there strategically