Singapore is fuelling its AI ambitions through a new National AI Partnership with Google to speed up real-world use of frontier AI across public services, research, education, and enterprise.
The agreement between Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) and Google builds on a 2022 collaboration and is part of the nation’s broader strategy to deploy AI at scale for economic growth and public good.
“Bringing frontier AI into our public services and enterprises is central to Singapore’s AI ambitions. This partnership, spanning across multiple agencies, allows us to deploy it at scale,” said Chng Kai Fong, Permanent Secretary of MDDI.
In health and life sciences, Google DeepMind will work with public health clusters on AI co-clinician research and with the National Research Foundation, train local researchers on agentic AI tools for science.
Google and A*STAR will also collaborate on secure AI tools to help translate lab discoveries into innovations in materials and life sciences while protecting intellectual property.
The partnership extends into education, with Google and Singapore’s Ministry of Education broadening work on AI capabilities, educator training and upskilling.
Google will continue programmes under its Majulah AI initiative, including Skills Ignition SG, startup support and Gemini Academy, to build an AI-ready workforce across the country.
On the business side, Google Cloud’s expanded team of forward deployed engineers will help local companies scale agentic enterprise transformation.
The partnership also places heavy emphasis on trust and safety, including work on AI agents, governance frameworks and multi-lingual safety benchmarks with Singapore agencies and MLCommons.
“Through this expanded partnership with the Singapore Government, we are putting AI into action by combining the best of our technology, R&D expertise and local talent to accelerate AI for the public good. This also creates a scalable blueprint for responsible AI innovation, built in Singapore for the world,” said Ben King, Country Managing Director of Google Singapore.
Photo caption: Signing of the National AI Partnership (from left) Karan Bhatia (Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy of Google), Ben King (Managing Director of Google Singapore), Chng Kai Fong (Permanent Secretary of MDDI and Deputy Chairman of Singapore Economic Development Board), and Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development & Information
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