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BT50: THE NEXT CHAPTER

AI is about to get a body. How can we be ready?

While effective robots that mimic human dexterity are just beyond the horizon, their impact on societal and economic structure will likely be far wider.

US appeals court weighs up Trump’s block on Harvard research funding

The Trump administration officials sent Harvard University a list of 10 demands in April 2025.

Angler’s Pokedex: Youth build free app to help identify and log Singapore’s fish

To build the app’s computer vision model, Sng, who is the lead developer of the mobile app, collated and vetted more than 90,000 photos of fish species found near Singapore and neighbouring waters.

Younger researchers studying pressing labour issues get more support from NTUC

The Associate Researchers Circle comprising eight young labour researchers was launched at the 6th NTUC Labour Research Conference on Oct 1. They will gain exposure to key labour issues and the opportunities to contribute expertise to the wider labour research network.

DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia

DeepSeek said it was open-sourcing programming infrastructure for Huawei’s Ascend platform, including compute and communication libraries.

Smart ring maker Oura delays US IPO as autumn market jitters deepen

The US IPO market has hit a bump after a strong start to the year.

Singapore gets its first advanced semiconductor materials plant to meet AI demand

Officially opened on Sept 29, the 95,000-square-metre Advanced Substrate Technologies facility in Jurong Lake District will produce Flip Chip Ball Grid Array substrates.

Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via ‘Founder LLC’ to promote public good over market forces

The new LLC will be made up initially of Anthropic’s seven co-founders including CEO Dario Amodei.

Singapore chip industry gets ‘SG Semiconductor’ as a national brand identity

Announced on Sept 25 by Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng, SG Semiconductor will make it easier for companies and talent to understand what the country and its chip ecosystem offers.

NUS Enterprise launches new AI platform to speed up research commercialisation, rebrands as NUSX

NUS Enterprise says its platform can analyse patents, assess licensing potential against market evidence, and flag potential licensees based on fit.

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