Living with AI

Forget silicon chip servers, Singapore’s newest data centre needs to be fed

Prof Rickie Patani (left) and Hon Weng Chong, Founder and CEO of Cortical Labs, at the brain-cell powered data centre at NUS on Aug 7.

Proposed rezoning in one-north to double space for start-up facilities

LaunchPad @ One-North will be assigned a gross plot ratio of 2.5, up from the overall gross plot ratio of slightly more than 1.0 today.

New Razer-NUS AI lab to build companions beyond Tamagotchi, gaming intelligence

Li Meng Lee (left), Razer's chief strategy officer, and Professor Tulika Mitra, Dean of NUS School of Computing, pictured during the Launch of the Razer-NUS Joint AI Research Lab on August 5, 2026.

A National Day banner and the problem with AI use

The banner, created using generative AI, looked like it had the Indonesian flag rather than the Singapore flag.

Learn to ‘struggle’ with AI to fight cognitive decline

This concern over the technology’s long-term cognitive impact is the second wave of the AI debate that is taking hold of the education sector.

Ways to prompt AI to ensure learning is not lost

Anieyrudh urged students to use AI to complete cycles of drafting, comparing, critiquing, revising and explaining, as learning rarely takes place at the first output.

New guide lays out how Singapore boards should oversee AI

Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo giving a presentation at the inaugural SID Digital and Tech Forum 2026 at Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay on July 31.

NUS rare collections, research papers will be searchable through new AI chatbot

The BookBridge in NUS Central Library, which stores the university’s collection of rare books such as the first printed edition of The History of Java, which was published by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1817.

GovTech retrenchments: Excellence or an iron rice bowl? The public service can’t be both

The loudest reaction to GovTech’s retrenchment exercise was not that 93 people had lost their jobs. It was that government employees could lose their jobs at all.

Schools must help students build discernment, problem-solving skills in AI age: Jasmin Lau

Minister of State for Education, and Digital Development and Information Jasmin Lau (in jacket) participating in a small group discussion at a public engagement session about the future of education on July 26.

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