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Beyond ambition: What it will really take for Singapore to become an AI hub
The public sector must act as anchor tenant, SMEs must be given support to adopt AI and all workers must take to it.
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For Singapore to succeed as an AI hub, its use must spread across sectors - from teaching to port operations.
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Selena Ling
When Singapore talks about becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) hub
In the 1990s, we built wafer fabrication plants and embedded ourselves into global semiconductor supply chains. In the 2000s, we wired the island with broadband and rolled out e-government. Each time, the state moved early, coordinated tightly, and executed efficiently.
