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  1. IndustryReach 39

    Anthropic sets up shop in Singapore with AI safety pact

    Anthropic just opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed an AI safety MOU with the local digital ministry. The deal covers model evaluation and responsible adoption across public and private sectors, with major local players like DBS, Grab, and GovTech already running Claude daily. Why it matters: Singapore punches way above its weight in AI usage, ranking second globally per capita for Claude.

  2. IndustryReach 44

    Google DeepMind brings on-device Gemma to fight conversational scams

    Google DeepMind just teamed up with GovTech Singapore to deploy a fine-tuned, on-device Gemma model that spots social engineering scams directly on smartphones. It uses a lightweight two-stage pipeline to analyze multi-turn conversations locally without sending raw messages to the cloud. Why it matters: conversational scams cause up to 80% of local scam losses, and edge AI proves platforms can protect users without compromising end-to-end encryption.