Singapore’s new AI strategy to provide much-needed framework for Asia’s fight against cyber scams
- The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2.0 will triple the pool of AI expert pool, and serve as a model for other countries, experts say
- Having a deep pool of AI expertise in such a framework will be key to combating the rise of bad actors using AI for power and profit, they add
Singapore’s AI Governance Framework is built around principles including transparency, explainability, safety, security, accountability, human agency and oversight. AI Verify is a testing framework for those governance principles.
Experts say the establishment of such a framework is necessary to ensure that the development of AI technology, which can evolve in rapid and unpredictable ways, is done in a way that prioritises safety and security.
“When it comes to increasing the AI workforce, it’s the right thing to do: first you set up the governance mechanism, then you start to grow – to triple the pool of AI practitioners, as is the plan, for example,” said Öykü Işık, Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity from IMD Business School in Switzerland.
“The result is a legal framework that is situation-agnostic and can certainly serve as a model for other countries, in the region and beyond,” he said.
Under its AI strategy, Singapore has also pledged to increase government incentives for the sector, including by backing accelerator programmes for AI start-ups and encouraging companies to set up AI “centres of excellence”.
