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A normie’s guide to understanding the global AI safety debate

AI safety is becoming a geopolitical and public policy maze. A return to first principles may show us how to erect sensible guard rails.

Sensible guard rails can reassure ordinary citizens that AI will not be allowed to run unchecked, says the writer.

Fake AI ads are ruining the online shopping experience

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I spent years in prison. Rehabilitation doesn’t end with counselling

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The West does not have a leadership problem

How tech firms hope to beat the backlash against ‘pervert glasses’

Trump is checking out of his presidency

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Trump-Xi summit: The meeting is the message, says former US envoy

Jon Huntsman is a former US ambassador to Singapore, China and Russia.

Jon Huntsman, former US ambassador to Singapore, China and Russia, says the fact that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting is a positive thing by itself.

Singapore’s labour market has a new vulnerable group – credentialled workers

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iPhone Duo: Twice the fun or double trouble?

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Sumiko at 62: How to keep your teeth as you age and why having 20 teeth at 80 matters

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Singapore’s baby push has a blind spot: Grandparents who need care

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Pinned under a 240kg motorcycle, two good Samaritans saved me

As an avid motorcyclist, I always thought to “ride as if everyone is trying to kill you”. An accident changed all that.

The writer riding at Dongao Bay, Taiwan.

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Japan is lovely as a tourist. Working there is another thing altogether

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A cancer diagnosis and other health woes hit me just before my birthday. I celebrated anyway

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A broken boy lost in depression, he emerged 20 years later as a content father

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Autism lasts a lifetime. Can support stay the course?

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Walk a mile in my shoes as mother of two children with autism

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When you’re told you’re ‘not autistic enough’

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Fake AI ads are ruining the online shopping experience

When a business leans too heavily on AI-generated marketing content, shoppers may begin to see them not as innovative, but untrustworthy, says the writer.

The West does not have a leadership problem

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not alone in facing a demanding electorate, says the writer.

How tech firms hope to beat the backlash against ‘pervert glasses’

Mark Zuckerberg showcasing Meta’s latest breakthroughs in AI glasses at the Meta Connect event in California on Sept 23.

I spent years in prison. Rehabilitation doesn’t end with counselling

Rehabilitation cannot be left to prisons and aftercare agencies. If we want fewer people returning to crime years after release, families, employers and communities have a significant role in making change sustainable.

Forum: Fast-tracking learning in university could have a hidden cost

Forum: Don’t overlook potential of athletes outside conventional pathways

Forum: Anthropic CEO’s China framing may spook the West out of AI cooperation

Forum: Award honours citizens who make a positive difference in the community

Howard Buffett is the right kind of nepo baby

Howard Buffett is inheriting the duty of guarding his father’s legacy at Berkshire Hathaway.

Trump is checking out of his presidency

Confronting a midterm electoral defeat amid intractable wars, Donald Trump announced on Sept 21 that his planned Washington triumphal arch would also be a “top grade military complex”.

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