( October 14, 2026, 07:37 GMT | Insight) -- Singapore is expanding its AI assurance work with testing guidance tailored to autonomous agents, accreditation for third-party assessors and a cybersecurity task force. The Infocomm Media Development Authority said the guidance examines agents’ actions, use of tools, access to sensitive data and compliance with safeguards. The AI Verify Foundation has accredited five firms, while the Frontier AI Resilience and Security Taskforce plans a report with practical cybersecurity guidance for the infocomm and media sector by the first half of 2027.Singapore is building on its established AI testing work with new guidance tailored to autonomous agents, whose use of tools, data and external systems calls for scrutiny beyond their final outputs. It also announced accreditation for independent testers and a task force on AI-enabled cyber threats....
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