Singapore has introduced three new initiatives to create a trusted ecosystem for the safe and responsible deployment of technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (“AI“): (i) the new Global AI Assurance Sandbox; (ii) a new privacy enhancing technology (“PET“) adoption guide; and (iii) the Singapore Standard for Data Protection. These initiatives seek to encourage maximal innovation by companies, while providing appropriate guardrails to ensure public confidence.
- Global AI Assurance Sandbox: The AI Verify Foundation and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (“IMDA“) have expanded the Global AI Assurance pilot to cover new archetypes such as agentic AI, and risks such as data leakage and vulnerability to prompt injections.
- PETs Adoption Guide: The new PETs Adoption Guide aims to support companies in adopting PETs to unlock greater business value, such as enabling AI and machine learning with greater access to data and cross-sharing of insights between stakeholders. It offers two resources: (i) the “PETs Use Case Evaluation Tool”, which aims to help organisations identify and evaluate suitable PETs solutions for their specific business needs; and (ii) an “Implementation Checklist”, that will set out key areas of consideration for organisations across the PETs adoption process.
- New National Certification for Data Protection: IMDA has worked with Enterprise SG and the Singapore Accreditation Council to elevate the Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM) to a new Singapore Standard (SS 714:2025). Companies that demonstrate accountable data protection practices can now apply to be certified under the new Data Protection Trustmark Singapore Standard.
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