ChatGPT creator OpenAI has committed more than $300 million to build Singapore’s applied artificial intelligence sector, a burgeoning field focused on integrating AI models into everyday workflows for productivity gains.

Getting passengers from one gate to another kilometres away, delivering baggage across multiple terminals and sequencing aircraft landings and take-offs on runways are tasks that artificial intelligence tools can help manage as Singapore’s passenger capacity increases.

Singapore’s core consumer prices unexpectedly rose at a slower pace in April, though the pass-through of higher global energy prices will likely raise electricity, transport and production costs in the coming months.

Singapore upgraded its key exports growth forecast for 2026, as strong artificial intelligence-related demand is expected to support electronics shipments despite higher downside risks from the Middle East conflict.

Singapore maintained its projection for economic growth in 2026 within the 2 per cent to 4 per cent range despite a strong performance in the first quarter of the year, with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) saying downside risks “have risen significantly”.

Singapore has set out a strategic road map to position the country to stay competitive, create good jobs and remain relevant in the near and longer term, amid a turbulent global environment.

Singapore can position itself as one of the best places in the world to develop, test and deploy AI solutions that solve real-world business problems.

With around two decades in the civil service and nearly three years at the Energy Market Authority (EMA), Mr Low Xin Wei wants to ensure that the research coming from Singapore’s young nuclear institute addresses the challenges of the country’s energy transition.

Since launching in 2006, the Awards have grown into a powerful platform for recognising and celebrating the achievements of young women across the UK and Southeast Asia.

Gold Standard and Trovio has announced a long-term strategic partnership to modernise and strengthen the infrastructure underpinning Gold Standard’s Impact Registry, supporting the next generation of interoperable, high-integrity carbon markets.