Is there a specific enacted legislation regulating AI in your jurisdiction?
No
Is there a proposed legislation regulating AI in your jurisdiction?
No
Are there any guidelines/ codes of conduct/ recommendations / reports / policies in connection with AI in your jurisdiction?
Model AI Governance Framework (2020) - A Model Framework intended to be a general, ready-to-use tool to enable organisations that are deploying AI solutions at scale to do so in a responsible manner, providing guidance on the key issues to be considered and measures to be implemented.
Implementation and Self-Assessment Guide for Organizations (ISAGO) - A companion to the Model AI Governance Framework, to help organisations assess the alignment of their AI governance processes with the Model Framework, identify potential gaps in their existing processes and address them accordingly.
A Compendium of Use Cases (Vol 1, Vol 2) - A companion to the Model Framework and the ISAGO, with a compilation of case studies that demonstrate how local and international organisations across different sectors and sizes have implemented or aligned their AI governance practices with the Model Framework.
Model AI Governance Framework for GenAI (2024) - A Model Framework to address generative AI concerns while continuing to facilitate innovation, introducing nine dimensions to promote the development of a trusted ecosystem.
Guidelines on Securing AI Systems - A set of guidelines developed by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore ("CSA") to aid system owners in securing the use of AI throughout its life cycle.
Companion Guide on Securing AI Systems - A companion to the Guidelines on Securing AI Systems, this Companion Guide is a community-driven resource containing practical measures, security controls, and best practices from industry and academia.
National AI Strategy 2.0 - A plan to develop Singapore's AI scene over the next 2-3 years (until 2026), with an aim to make Singapore a place where AI can address existing needs and challenges (such as population health and climate change) and can help to uplift and upskill Singapore citizens and businesses to thrive in an AI-enabled future.
A Guide to Job Redesign in the Age of AI - A practical guide on how organisations and employees can understand how existing job roles can be redesigned to optimise AI, so that the value of their work is increased, specifically in four areas of job redesign: transforming jobs, charting clear pathways between jobs, clearing barriers to digital transformation, and enabling effective communication between employers and employees.
AI Verify - An AI governance testing framework and software toolkit that validates the performance of AI systems against a set of internationally recognised principles through standardised tests. It consists of a testing framework, a software toolkit, and a testing report.
Any additional relevant news regarding AI / or anticipated future changes (e.g. white papers, policy statements about AI regulation)?
Composition of the Advisory Council on the Ethical Use of AI and Data - The Advisory Council was established to advise the Singapore Government on ethical, policy and governance issues arising from the use of AI in the private sector, and also to provide general guidance to businesses to minimise ethical, governance and sustainability risks, and to mitigate adverse impact on consumers from the use of AI.
The launch of the AI Verify Foundation - The foundation is intended to support the development and use of AI Verify to address risks of AI, and also to help foster an open-source community to contribute to AI testing frameworks, code base, standards and best practices and create a neutral platform for open collaboration and idea-sharing on testing and governing AI.
Why arbitration may be the best route to resolve global AI IP - An article that argues that arbitration would be the best route to resolve global AI IP disputes, highlighting the inapplicability of existing legal precedents to novel AI issues, and the confidential nature of arbitration in relation to trade secrets concerning the AI systems at hand.
NovA! A whitepaper on accelerating sustainability with AI - A white paper on NovA!, an AI-powered Minimum Viable Product that was developed to support sustainable finance in the real estate sector, in relation to Sustainability-Linked Loans for real estate.
When Code Creates: A Landscape Report on Issues at the Intersection of AI and IP Law - A collation of the treatments across various jurisdictions of selected key IP issues, which may be used as a primer to quickly understand and recognise the more commonly encountered IP issues in AI.
Is AI specifically addressed in IP laws? Are there any guidelines / soft laws relating to AI?
Copyright Act 2021, Sections 243 and 244 of the Copyright Act 2021 - An exception was introduced in the Copyright Act 2021 to allow the use of copyrighted works to train machine learning without infringing copyright, provided that certain conditions are satisfied. One key condition is the need for “lawful access” to the work. The exception applies to both commercial and non-commercial uses, and cannot be contracted out of.
IP and Artificial Intelligence Information Note - An information note explaining the key IP issues that AI innovators should be aware of, and providing an overview of how different types of IP rights can be used to protect different AI inventions.
Supplemental Guidance for the Examination of AI-related Patent Applications - A guidance supplementing the Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications at IPOS, providing hypothetical examples pertaining to AI patent applications, each accompanied by a brief background followed by a patent claim or a set of patent claims and a non-binding assessment of whether the application would be granted or not. These examples provide guidance as to how patent application principles will be applied in the context of AI-related patent applications.
Is AI specifically addressed in data protection laws? Are there any guidelines / soft laws relating to AI?
Advisory Guidelines on use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems - Guidelines that are intended to provide organisations with certainty as to when and how they can use personal data to develop and deploy systems that embed AI systems, and also to give consumers assurance on the use of their personal data in these AI systems.
Who are the competent AI supervisory authorities in your jurisdiction?
The Infocomm Media Development Authority ("IMDA") oversees AI matters generally, with the support of the Personal Data Protection Commission ("PDPC"), which regulates AI matters to the extent that it involves the collection, use and disclosure of personal data.
Otherwise, a sector-specific approach is taken for other AI matters, such as the Monetary Association of Singapore ("MAS") for the use of AI by financial institutions, and the Health Sciences Authority ("HSA") for AI matters arising in the healthcare industry.
Are there any publicly known enforcement actions in relation to AI?
N/A
Are there any other sector specific laws or guideline / soft laws (e.g. finance, healthcare etc.) where AI is specifically addressed?
Cyber Risks Associated with Generative Artificial Intelligence - An information paper providing an overview of key cyber security and technology-related threats arising from GenAI, associated risk implications, and mitigation measures that financial institutions can take to address the risks.
Artificial Intelligence Model Risk Management - An information paper setting out good practices relating to AI model risk management in financial institutions, based on observations made during a thematic review of selected banks.
AI in Healthcare Guidelines - A set of guidelines intended to improve clinical and public trust in AI by providing a set of recommendations to encourage the safe development and implementation of AI-Medical Devices and other AI implemented in healthcare settings and signposting the Health Sciences Authority's AI-MD registration requirements.
Veritas Framework - A framework to enable financial institutions to evaluate their AI and Data Analytics (AIDA)-driven solutions against the FEAT principles (above).
Veritas Toolkit version 2.0 - An open-source toolkit released by the Monetary Association of Singapore, to implement the Veritas Framework (i.e., to carry out the assessment methodologies of the FEAT principles).
