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Tencent rolls out AI model trained with limited cybersecurity data amid hacking fears

Tencent said it filtered out content during training to limit Hy4‘s potential “offensive” capabilities.

Insead gets $3.8 million Google backing for new lab to study AI’s impact on work and life

Winnie Jiang (far right), an associate professor of organisational behaviour at Insead’s Singapore campus, will serve as the lab’s academic director.

Singapore steps up support for start-ups to help turn breakthroughs into business

Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng speaking at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) on Oct 28.

Meta rolls out Muse AI agent in Singapore amid global safety, retail pushback

Muse’s rollout here follows its global debut in the United States and Canada on Sept 8, and a subsequent launch in Japan on Oct 23.

Singapore unveils new initiatives to help companies harness AI, such as to develop new products

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong viewing a humanoid robot under development at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology on Oct 27. Among the new initiatives is the Champions of AI programme to help ambitious Singapore-based companies committed to making AI a core driver of growth.

Vietnam’s first chip plant unlikely to meet 2027 target, sources say no deal yet with ASML

The project is part of the ruling Communist Party’s plans for Vietnam to move up the semiconductor value chain.

S’pore to tap biomethane as fossil gas replacement from 2028 in new pilot: Gan Kim Yong

Singapore’s industries account for around 65% of the country’s emissions, including emissions from the electricity that they use.

Japan turns to stem cells as vets struggle with blood shortage for dogs

Veterinarians once commonly kept dogs as blood donors, but animal welfare concerns have made the practice increasingly difficult.

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose ‘sequentially’ like a doctor

Microsoft researchers say the AI tool was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases.

Use MFA, patch, beware of scammers: 5 ways to keep safe online in the wake of AI-supercharged hacking

PHP is a coding language most people have never heard of but that underlies roughly 70% of all websites.

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