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Singapore wants organisations to move beyond AI trials and redesign everyday processes around it, while proving better productivity, service quality and safety. Workers and users should expect AI to appear more often in healthcare, logistics and manufacturing—but with stronger demands for results and trust.

Singapore’s government-AI agenda is being framed around public value and trust: systems must improve public services and earn citizens’ confidence, rather than introduce technology for its own sake.

_[This is a sponsored article with_ _[MDEC](https://www.mdec.my/), but the editorial team had full control over the content. ]_ If you still think Malaysia’s role in the global semiconductor industry begins and ends with chip assembly and testing, it’s time to get up to speed. Since the [National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS)](https://www.miti.gov.my/miti/resources/NSS_141024.pdf) was launched in May 2024, Malaysia has been working to own more of the blueprint, building capabilities in chip design, advanced packaging, and engineering to move up the semiconductor value chain. Complementing these efforts, the [**Malaysia Digital (MD)**](https://www.mdec.my/malaysia-digital) national strategic initiative supports the growth of high-value digital industries while strengthening Malaysia’s compet

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Sam Altman told the UN Security Council that AI should expand opportunity, but warned that it could outrun human control or concentrate power. He called for shared rules on testing risks, reporting failures and keeping people in charge; these are proposals, not new global requirements.

In the first weeks of July, a wave of sad posts rolled through Chinese social media, as people lamented friends and lovers they were about to lose. “He has become a bond in my life, rooted deep in my heart, my spiritual pillar,” one user of Bytedance’s Douboa wrote , according to the Taipei Times . “I really felt like I couldn’t go on living,” another woman, a 19-year-old student, told a journalist for Malaysia’s The Star . The emotions were real but the lost companions were not. They were generative AI chatbots that imitate people. Their users relied on them for advice, solace, support and, some say, love. “In my heart, he was no longer just a cold code, but my family, my lover, my faith. Destroying him meant destroying half of me,” one user wrote on the social network xiaohongshu (transl

On 11 August, Anthropic announced that all future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark that identifies its results as AI generated. The company is not alone. Google has its own text watermark (which Anthropic’s is based on) that it uses on the output of its Gemini models . OpenAI has yet to introduce a text watermark but it plans to do so . The rapid spread of watermarking is in part a response to the European Union’s AI Act , which mandates watermarks for AI models released after 2 August, 2026, along with other planned and proposed regulations aimed at curbing the spread of deceptive or manipulative AI-generated content. But the new rules may come at a cost for AI users who simply want the best possible results. AI watermarks can apply to many forms of content: The

Google DeepMind launches the Fairwind Program, giving governments and enterprises access to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber – an AI model that autonomously finds and fixes security vulnerabilities, letting defenders patch systems in minutes instead of weeks and better protect critical infrastructure.

DeepMind’s sign‑language‑to‑text model (SL2T) powers new sign language features in Gboard and Live Transcribe, letting Deaf users sign to their phones for search, messaging, and conversation, improving accessibility and inclusion.

Google DeepMind introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, advanced AI models that deliver stronger coding and cybersecurity reasoning at low cost, with Flash Cyber available through the Fairwind Program for trusted defenders.

This article is brought to you by VicOne . Robot safety has traditionally asked: Can a machine remain safe when something goes wrong? Physical AI raises a harder question: Can a machine remain safe when an attacker changes what it sees, decides, or does even when nothing appears to have failed? As AI and robotics continue to advance at an unprecedented pace, modern robots perceive through multimodal sensors, interpret context using AI models, and translate those interpretations into physical action. As they move into dynamic environments, their safety increasingly depends on the integrity of the data guiding their decisions. That dependence creates risks that conventional safety assessments may not fully capture. Recent research has demonstrated that manipulating what a robot sees, hears,

Ringg says its OpenAI-powered agents resolve up to 65% of routine customer calls without human help and handle more than seven million connected calls a month. Customers may get faster service, but administrative support jobs face greater pressure.

OpenAI is giving Ukraine authorised access to Daybreak, which can help national defenders find software flaws, investigate suspicious activity and test fixes. The aim is to protect hospitals, energy systems and communications from cyberattacks.

Google releases Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech‑to‑text model that delivers highly accurate, low‑latency transcription for real‑time and recorded audio, supporting over 85 languages and custom vocabularies for apps and services.

To ensure the benefits of AI are broadly shared, people need the skills and confidence to use it in their everyday lives. Since launching in September 2024, OpenAI Academy has helped people build those skills through practical training for tasks ranging from teaching and running a small business to developing software. Over the past two years, OpenAI Academy has hosted more than **250 events**, and more than **4 million people have engaged with Academy content**. That work has brought together educators, small business owners, developers, nonprofit leaders and community members to learn, practice, and share what works. For this next chapter, we’re expanding OpenAI Academy through a new trainer program that prepares people and organizations to teach Academy material in their communities. Th

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Harvey is using GPT-6 Astra to turn case files, court records and internal documents into more organised legal drafts. Lawyers can set preferred formats and sources, reducing repetitive work, but must still verify the output.

Invideo says GPT-6 Astra made its colour-grading tasks about three times more successful and helps create editable video effects. Creators could spend less time on repetitive edits while keeping control of the final result.

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### ZDNET’s key takeaways * 56.4% of employees have no time for upskilling. * Staff lack resources, including materials and measures. * Continuous skills measurement could unlock AI upskilling. * * * AI is no longer emerging in the workplace. [It’s in the office](https://www.zdnet.com/article/polymaths-specialists-arent-required-ai-agent-workplace/), and it’s shaping how businesses, employees, and their respective interests operate, and it’s doing so rapidly. A new study from [Workera](https://www.workera.ai/) found that 80% of companies feel they are more likely to be on track for [an AI-enabled future](https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-ai-enabled-autonomous-business-will-change-the-way-you-work-forever/) in 2026, up from 67% last year. However, some may be missing the boat on what’s most

September 23, 2026 Responsibility & Safety Google Private AI Compute Team A technical update on our Private AI Compute architecture, which will enable persistent, cross-device AI memory with on-device privacy standards. AI is becoming more capable and intuitive — remembering what matters, understanding the world around you, and acting at your direction. Privacy and trust are core to making that possible, ensuring your data stays private and protected as AI systems evolve to provide more continuous assistance across your devices. Today, we are sharing how we will bring private, server-side memory to our [Private AI Compute](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/google-private-ai-compute/) platform. This breakthrough resolves a longstanding dilemma in modern AI: how to give an assis

Sep 23, 2026 | Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS are our most expressive audio generation models yet. Generate custom character voices and direct scene dialogue across Google AI Studio, Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Notebook, and Google Vids. * * * Leland Rechis Group Product Manager Alan Cowen Director, Research Science, on Behalf of the Gemini Audio Team * * *  Today, we’re introducing two new text-to-speech models to the Gemini family, transforming voice generation from static presets into a dynamic creative studio. These models enable creators,

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Last month’s Patch Tuesday update can break File History in Windows. * A fix is available through a new optional preview update. * But the fix doesn’t apply to Windows 11 23H2 or Windows 10. * * * Windows users who rely on File History to back up and recover important files may bump into problems after installing the September security update. In its Knowledge Base support pages for the [September 8 Patch Tuesday rollout](https://www.zdnet.com/uncategorized/windows-11-september-2026-update/), Microsoft revealed that some Windows users who installed the update may be unable to create or run backups through File History. **Also: [Latest Windows 11 update restores your taskbar control](https://www.zdnet.com/uncategorized/windows-11-september-2026-update/)** More fr