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/Country
Singapore
42/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 73% of countries
#43 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention42
- Adoption · single source64
- Regulation82
- Problems and attacks48
- Opportunities28
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents32
7 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure61
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 64.3% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
AI compute capacity: 1,135 (2026-11) · Epoch AI — GPU Clusters
Missing safeguards36
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +2.11 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +1.49 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.17 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
93
Exposure to threats
28
as a target 23 · as a cause 32
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (4,907 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 23.2 (as a target) + 50% × 32 (as a cause) = 27.6
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)63
Rule of law (0-100 score)83
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)29
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
4
12-24 months ago
+ 3 with only the year
/Reported incidents
7 in 24 monthsMar 2025
Far-Right Teen in Singapore Reportedly Queried AI Chatbot About Ammunition While Planning Mosque Attacks (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (adolescents) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- Singaporean Islamic State supporter the first female youth caught under ISA; another teen detained for far-right extremism (opens in a new tab) · channelnewsasia.com · 2 Apr 2025
- Issuance of Orders under Internal Security Act (ISA) against two self-radicalised Singaporean youths, and updates on ISA Orders (opens in a new tab) · isd.gov.sg · 2 Apr 2025
Mar 2025
Deepfake videos allegedly use an AI-generated voice clone of Singapore's prime minister to promote scams (opens in a new tab)Generative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
- PM Wong warns of deepfakes of him promoting scam products, services (opens in a new tab) · channelnewsasia.com · 7 Mar 2025
- Singapore PM warns of scammers using his deepfake images to promote products and services (opens in a new tab) · thestar.com.my · 7 Mar 2025
- Deepfakes in Singapore: PM Wong warns against digital scams using his image to sell cryptocurrency or get-rich-quick schemes (opens in a new tab) · connectedtoindia.com · 9 Mar 2025
Mar 2025
Scammers Reportedly Using Deepfake Video Calls to Impersonate Executives in Singapore and Orchestrate Corporate Bank Transfers (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Singapore authorities warn of rise in deepfake corporate video calls (opens in a new tab) · finextra.com · 13 Mar 2025
Jan 2025
Hong Kong Authorities Seize HK$34M in Alleged Deepfake Scam Targeting Victims in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
2024
Singapore writers resist government plan to train AI using their work (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Singapore (Singapore Government)
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
2024
Singapore Sports School students attacked with nude deepfakes (opens in a new tab)severity: moderateGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
2024
A Singaporean actor loses SGD 35,000 in an AI romance scam (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+2.11
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+1.49
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.17
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- AI demand unlikely to be derailed by Nvidia CEO controversy, Taiwan supply chain sources say (opens in a new tab)webindia123.com · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 37 other outlets
- Agoda's AI Assistant Brings Travel Planning and Booking into One Conversation (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 33 other outlets
- What Nvidia CEO's alleged spy scandal means for the U.S.-China AI race (opens in a new tab)wjct.org · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 31 other outlets
- Cequence Security and KPMG Collaborate on Joint Report Examining how Organisations can Govern and Secure Agentic AI (opens in a new tab)thehindubusinessline.com · India · 11 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Symatics unveils new processor architecture designed for faster AI responses (opens in a new tab)manilatimes.net · Philippines · 10 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Quantinuum and RIKEN Expand Partnership to Accelerate the Commercialization of Quantum-AI Hybrid Supercomputing in Japan (opens in a new tab)nugget.ca · Canada · 12 Nov 2026 · and 16 other outlets
- AI Opportunity Fund Expands AI Skills Training Across Asia Pacific with 28 Phase Three Local Implementing Partners – Thailand Business News (opens in a new tab)thailand-business-news.com · Thailand · 11 Nov 2026 · and 15 other outlets
- Singles' Day delivers AI services into Chinese shopping carts (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 13 other outlets
- AutoSwift secures close to A$10 million from Singapore's X Star Technology to scale AI WINGMAN (opens in a new tab)sina.com.hk · Hong Kong · 10 Nov 2026 · and 12 other outlets
- AI chips: a chip-sector executive's case revives calls in Washington for firmness toward Beijing - 11/11/2026 at 13:22 (opens in a new tab)boursorama.com · France · 11 Nov 2026 · and 9 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 4,221 in total, at most 338 in one day (12 Nov 2026).
4,221 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 42, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 42, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 42, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 42, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 42, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 34 · 2024 38 · 2025 36 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the index1 models · according to Epoch AI
MolmoAct 2 · Allen Institute for AI,University of Washington,National University of Singapore,University of Pennsylvania,Johns Hopkins University,Amazon,Cortex AI5 Apr 2026