Singapore weighs stronger AI safeguards as government runs agentic trials
By James Konstantin Galvez ( October 8, 2026, 04:44 GMT | Insight) -- Singapore is running trials of AI agents and studying stronger safeguards for higher-risk uses as the systems become more autonomous. Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How said existing risk-management and incident-reporting rules still apply, while a written government response outlined possible tougher testing, deployment controls and oversight for essential services. Singapore does not currently require frontier AI developers to provide their models for pre-deployment evaluation.Singapore is running trials of AI agents and studying whether higher-risk uses need stronger safeguards as the systems become more autonomous, Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How told Parliament on Wednesday....
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