It must sharpen its focus on the building blocks of growth, community and trust, said PM Wong.
SINGAPORE – Plans are afoot to equip scientists and students with artificial intelligence know-how and offer swift remedies to victims traumatised by cyber bullying and deepfakes circulating online, as Singapore charts its next Smart Nation milestones.
“Smartphones and social media have become the main ways we communicate with each other. Perhaps the biggest change is the recent breakthroughs in generative AI,” he said. The new $120 million AI for Science grant by the National Research Foundation aims to turbocharge biomedical, health sciences and advanced materials research by promoting AI proficiencies among researchers in public institutions. This grant adds to the more than $500 million already invested in AI projects that span multiple sectors since 2019 through national research programme AI Singapore.
Singapore will double down on outreach efforts to ensure that more citizens, including seniors, learn to use digital skills with confidence, though key services will continue to be available over physical counters. A new agency will also be set up to act on their behalf to ensure, say, the swift takedown of abusive content. More details will be available over the next few months.
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