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Singapore is expanding efforts to prepare its financial sector workforce for the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), with new initiatives focused on training, job redesign and career development. Speaking at the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Distinction Evening on 24 September 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said financial institutions, unions and government agencies must work together to ensure AI adoption supports productivity while creating better career opportunities for Singaporeans. Details of the speech were published by the [Monetary Authority of Singapore](https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/speeches/2026/keynote-address-by-dpm-gan-kim-yong-at-the-ibf-distinction-evening-on-24-september-2026). Mr Gan, who is also Minister for Trade and Industry and Chairman of t

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WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence will be a "big topic of discussion" when he meets with ‌Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, but said both leaders wanted ‌to leave things as they are. "A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will ​be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is," Trump wrote in a social media post, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence. "That is China's position also. Our guardrail is the ‌DOJ!" Trump said, referring to ⁠the Department of Justice. Trump said last week that the United States already has guardrails in place to regulate and ⁠prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders about misuse of artificial int

Google DeepMind's WeatherNext 3 uses live satellite data to update global forecasts every hour and is being added to Search, Gemini and Maps. Google says rain forecasts for trips planned a day or more ahead can be up to 50% more accurate, helping with travel, outdoor plans and storm preparation.

At least four hacking groups rapidly shared BlueMoon, an exploit kit targeting Chromium-based browsers and older Windows systems to install malware. Fixes are available, but the kit may spread further, so users should update Chrome, Edge and Windows promptly.

Google DeepMind has piloted double-blind AI tests that keep confidential questions inside a secure digital space, preventing a model from seeing or tailoring itself to the test beforehand. The method aims to make benchmark scores a more honest measure of model ability and safety.

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Okta, AWS, Google Cloud, Salesforce, and others form an AI agent security coalition. * The Alliance offers a blueprint for companies seeking visibility, control, and governance of agents. * AI agents need the equivalent of a kill switch to expeditiously terminate suspicious behavior. * * * When a swarm of AI agents, many autonomously provisioned by other poorly governed AI agents, [escaped OpenAI’s labs](https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-openais-agent-escaped-mapping-a-series-of-preventable-events/) and stole information from servers belonging to another company (Hugging Face), many experts viewed the incident as a major tipping point in cybersecurity and AI cyber capabilities. (To what extent are models now resourceful enough to engage in self-directed harm?) O

Google's updated Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash can extend videos, connect chosen start and end frames, reference existing clips and upscale results to 4K. It is available to developers and through Google's paid AI plans, giving creators more control and cheaper, faster draft clips.

Google has added animated, talking avatars to Gemini Enterprise that can see, hear and respond while completing background tasks. Businesses could use them for multilingual customer service and guided walkthroughs, though custom avatars remain limited to approved enterprise users.

A Mexican university and IEEE volunteers built RoboMeshA, a portable robot lab that gives students hands-on robotics and AI lessons through a web browser. Two units have been tested in schools, with more planned.

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Google Wallet can do much more now than store cards. * The app gained several major features in 2026. * You can give your child their allowance, go through TSA, and more. * * * Most people know by now that [Google Wallet](https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-google-wallet-and-why-you-should-already/) can do things besides store your credit cards, but you might have missed that Google has added _a lot_ to its digital wallet app in just the past few months. In addition to a massive home screen and interface redesign, Google introduced several significant features in 2026 that make the app much more useful (it’s even reportedly coming to iOS soon, [according to Android Authority](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-wallet-iphone-apk-teardown-3710795/)). **A

### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Microsoft is launching a new Surface Mouse with haptic feedback. * The mouse also comes with a customizable action button. * Priced at $80 the new Surface mouse will reach stores on October 13. * * * I’ve tried a lot of different mice with my Windows desktops and laptops. But the ones made by Microsoft have always been my favorites. I’ve used both the IntelliMouse and the Surface Mouse; however, both have been unavailable from Microsoft for years. Now, the Surface Mouse is finally making a comeback. **Also: [Microsoft’s most underrated Surface accessories are coming to business users](https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/smart-office/microsofts-most-underrated-surface-accessories-are-coming-to-business-users/)** In a [blog post announcing new Surface devices](h

A public Hugging Face recipe shows that brief, low-cost tuning can make a small AI model follow requested data formats more reliably, raising its benchmark score from 22.6% to 29.7%. That could make cheaper AI apps less prone to broken outputs, although the model still gets fewer than one-third of tests right.

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