S'pore, UK sign pact to boost AI safety, reliability

The agreement will strengthen cooperation between the AI safety institutes of both countries in areas such as research, information sharing and comprehensive AI testing.

- Mike Yeo

Artificial intelligence (AI) development will get a boost with the signing of a new memorandum of cooperation between Singapore and Britain to enhance the safety and reliability of AI technology in its development and use.

Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo signed the agreement with British Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle in London on Nov 6.

Mrs Teo is on a working visit to Britain until Nov 7.

The agreement will strengthen cooperation between the AI safety institutes of both countries in areas such as research, information sharing and comprehensive AI testing.

"We are committed to realising our vision of AI for the Public Good for Singapore and the world. The signing of this new memorandum of cooperation with our important partner, the United Kingdom, builds on existing areas of common interest and extends them to new opportunities in AI," Mrs Teo said.