Policy / Project Profile
Singapore Government × Google AI Agents Sandbox
Google and the Singapore Government launched a global-first AI Agents Sandbox in August 2025 and published a May 2026 whitepaper on opportunities and risks of computer-use agents in public-service settings.
Why it matters
The world's first government-level AI Agents Sandbox and Agentic AI Governance Framework launched on the same day; real-world testing reveals risks like indirect prompt injection still await validation in authentic scenarios
- Category
- AI Governance Frameworks
- Published / Updated
- 2026-05
- Issuing body
- Google / CSA / GovTech / IMDA
- Lead ministry
- IMDA
- Linked levers
- Lever 2: Governance / Lever 5: Government Self-Use
- Timeline years
- 2026
Strategic Context
Connected to 2 national AI levers.
Appears in the timeline around 2026.
Detailed Notes
Google and the Singapore Government (CSA, GovTech, and IMDA) launched an AI Agents Sandbox in August 2025, testing computer-use agents in real public-service settings for about four months before publishing a whitepaper in May 2026.
Three use cases were tested: - Automated QA testing for government digital services. - Automated AI safety testing to reduce the manual effort needed before chatbot deployment. - Assistance for citizens and social workers navigating social-assistance applications.
The official risk themes include human oversight, customisation and control, cybersecurity (especially indirect prompt injection), data protection, and privacy. The sandbox pairs with the updated Agentic AI Governance Framework announced the same day: one is the governance frame; the other is field feedback from government use cases.
Lead authors / drivers
- Josephine Teo Minister for Digital Development and Information
Resources
Linked levers
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