Singapore AI News & Daily Briefing

Singapore is [strengthening its operational technology (OT) cybersecurity posture](https://www.mddi.gov.sg/newsroom/transcript-of-keynote-address-by-minister-josephine-teo-at-the-operational-technology-cybersecurity-expert-panel-forum-2026/) as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the threat landscape facing critical infrastructure operators. The approach follows recent cyber incidents targeting critical information infrastructure (CII) and aims to improve resilience across government agencies, operators, vendors and cloud environments. Speaking at the Operational Technology Cybersecurity Expert Panel Forum 2026, Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo outlined a three-part strategy centred on “lock down, find first, and fix fast”. The minister said Singapore’s tele

Microsoft will deploy AMD Helios on Azure. Azure will add AMD EPYC VMs and Pensando networking. Microsoft plans to deploy AMD’s Helios rack-scale computing platform on Azure under an expanded infrastructure partnership covering processors, graphics chips, networking hardware, and software. The systems will support AI inference for Microsoft, Azure customers, and Azure AI services. […] The post Microsoft to deploy AMD Helios AI systems on Azure appeared first on TechWire Asia .

Japan is backing Noetra’s physical AI project to develop domestic foundation models for robotics. Noetra plans a 140MW AI facility as Japan targets 10 million AI-enabled robots by 2040. Japan is providing more than ¥380 billion ($2.33 billion) in first-year funding to Noetra, a government-backed company developing foundation models for physical AI and robotics. The […] The post Japan backs Noetra with $2.3 billion for physical AI push appeared first on TechWire Asia .

[NEW YORK] Alphabet again raised already sky-high estimates for capital spending in 2026, telling investors that expenses may top US$200 billion as it races to build the computing power necessary to fuel its [artificial intelligence ambitions](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/ai-growth-pushes-alphabet-closer-overtaking-nvidia-worlds-biggest-company). The Google parent projected capital expenditures of US$195 billion to US$205 billion in 2026, up from a previous estimate of as much as US$190 billion above the roughly US$186 billion that analysts had estimated. The higher guidance reflects the company’s efforts to accelerate its [expansion of AI computing capacity](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/google-goes-laggard-lea

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In the eastern Indian Ocean, south of Java in the vast sea stretching toward Australia, a fishing vessel slightly alters its course while operating near the boundary of its authorized fishing ground. Nothing appears unusual on deck. Nets remain in the water. Engines maintain a steady speed. To the crew, it is an ordinary day at sea. Yet hundreds of kilometers above, satellites continuously record the vessel’s position. At Indonesia’s Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance Station, in Cilacap, where I work, a monitoring platform receives the signal and automatically compares it against fishing permits, designated fishing grounds, vessel characteristics, and historical movement patterns. Within minutes, the system identifies a potential violation. Before any patrol vessel leaves port, b

June 11, 2026 Responsibility & Safety Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA and Google.org Scaling AI Safety Research for a Multi-Agent World For the past decade, we’ve focused on making individual AI models more capable, helpful and safe. Today, Google DeepMind — together with [Schmidt Sciences](https://www.schmidtsciences.org/), the [Cooperative AI Foundation](https://www.cooperativeai.com/foundation), the [Advanced Research and Invention Agency](https://aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/trust-everything-everywhere/scaling-trust/), and supported by [Google.org](http://google.org/) — is announcing a new technical research funding call of up to $10M for researchers worldwide. As AI technology scales, we’re entering a new era. Soon, millions of AI agents — buil

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing — ranging from $20 to $200 per month depending on usage — has sparked a growing rebellion among the very programmers it aims to serve. Now, a free alternative is gaining traction. Goose , an open-source AI agent developed by Block (the financial technology company formerly known as Square), offers nearly identical functionality to Claude Code but runs entirely on a user's local machine. No subscription fees. No cloud dependency. No rate limits that reset every five hours. "Your data stays with you, period," said Parth Sareen, a so

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot , the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf of employees. The new Slackbot, now generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, is Salesforce's most aggressive move yet to position Slack at the center of the emerging "agentic AI" movement — where software agents work alongside humans to complete complex tasks. The launch comes as Salesforce attempts to convince investors that artificial intelligence will bolster its products rather than render them obsolete. "Slackbot isn't just another copilot or AI assistant," said Parker Ha

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself. The launch marks a major inflection point in the race to deliver practical AI agents to mainstream users, positioning Anthropic to compete not just with OpenAI and Google in conversational AI, but with Microsoft's Copilot in the burgeoning market for AI-powered productivity tools. "Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use Claude Code," the company announced via its official Claude account on X. The feature arrives as a research preview available exclusively to Claude Max

The viability of orbital data centers hosting the largest and most capable large language models (LLMs) remains hotly contested. But enormous deployments that require thousands of GPUs aren’t the only way LLMs might prove useful in space. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently sent Google’s Gemma 3 to space, achieving the first in-orbit demonstration of a vision-language model analyzing imagery from a satellite’s own sensor. The system, known as NAVI-Orbital, used Gemma 3 to analyze images captured by a YAM-9 satellite built by Loft Orbital . Juan M. Delfa , technical group lead at NASA, said that though the goal in this case was image analysis, the project’s success implies a fundamentally new way researchers on the ground can interact with spacecraft. “This is a major shift,” said Del

The large language models (LLMs) that form the basis of generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can generate uncannily human-like text and images. But these models still struggle with a skill that, ironically, looks at face value to be right in their wheelhouse: analyzing structured data. A new type of generative AI is set to change this situation. Although you can get your favorite chatbot to solve intractable math problems , review dense legal documents, compose a catchy pop song , or put together some slick PowerPoint slides, give it anything more than a small table and it doesn’t have a clue what to do. For most companies and organizations, the most important data sits in spreadsheets. Whether it’s a bank’s transaction logs, a marketing agency’s website metrics, clin

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June 18, 2026 Responsibility & Safety Rohin Shah and Four Flynn How we’re securing internal systems against increasingly capable and imperfectly aligned AI AI agents are transforming our relationship with technology. By autonomously executing complex tasks — from cyber defence to scientific discovery and product development — these systems are unlocking a new era of productivity. In the U.S alone, AI agents could create $2.9 [trillion in economic value](https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/agents-robots-and-us-skill-partnerships-in-the-age-of-ai#/) by 2030. As these agents become more capable, they also require more sophisticated safeguards. That’s why we developed our [AI Control Roadmap](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/securing-the-future-of-ai-agents

There are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of this is because of the giant angry bee sound that drones tend to make, but it’s also the way that they look in flight: With uncannily linear movements and an even less canny ability to hover perfectly still, they tend to draw the eye as affronts to nature. In a paper presented this week at Robotics Science and Systems 2026 in Sydney, roboticists from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., demonstrated a drone called Phantom Twist that is essentially invisible to humans, being an order of magnitude more difficult to see in flight than a typical quadrotor. They accomplished this with the aid of computational design, and while the resulting hardware is, I w

NTT DATA Group is a Japan based global IT services company spanning consulting, systems development, and operations. As AI reshapes the business environment, the company is evolving its growth model from expanding revenue by adding headcount to creating greater value through AI. To support this transformation, NTT DATA Group rolled out ChatGPT Enterprise across the company and introduced programs that help employees make AI part of their daily work. Building on that foundation, the company has expanded Codex to approximately 9,000 employees. Teams across technical and nontechnical roles now use AI not only to explore ideas through conversation, but also to carry out clearly defined tasks. ## Companywide ChatGPT Enterprise adoption creates the foundation for Codex After beginning a global s

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Jun 03, 2026 | 3 min read Gemma 4 12B is designed to bring high-performance multimodal intelligence directly to your laptop, combining mobile-first efficiency with advanced reasoning. * * * Olivier Lacombe Director of Product Management, Google Deepmind Gus Martins Product Manager, Google DeepMind * * *  [Audio 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/media/tts_audio_85218_umbriel_2026_06_03_16_06_53.wav) Listen to article [[duration]] minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 12B, our latest model designed to bring agentic multimodal intelligence d

Health in ChatGPT is launching to U.S. users. You can choose to securely connect Apple Health and supported medical records so ChatGPT can help you understand your information in context, keep track of what has changed, and have more informed, personalized conversations. The experience builds on feedback from early testers and gives you control over what you connect and when ChatGPT can use it. Every week, more than 300 million people turn to ChatGPT with health-related questions—from understanding a lab result and preparing for an appointment to making sense of what a doctor said and building a healthier routine. But the context behind those questions is often scattered across patient portals, medical records, apps, and wearables, making it difficult to see and act on the complete picture