International Benchmarking & Cooperation
Benchmarks against other economies, diplomacy and multilateral work — ASEAN, GPAI, bilateral AI-governance ties and global case studies.
In the global AI race, Singapore is a case study in punching above its weight. Tortoise’s Global AI Index places it third behind the US and China year after year — and first in the world on intensity per capita, trading limited scale for an outsized position. It also turns “AI governance” into soft power: exporting testable governance frameworks early and staying active in GPAI, the UN and other multilateral venues, seeking to be a convener of the rules rather than a bystander.
This hub gathers the parliamentary and policy debates on international benchmarking and cooperation, the cross-border frameworks and official statements, and sgai’s benchmarking data — from index rankings and side-by-side comparison with major economies to regional and multilateral cooperation — so you can see how Singapore finds a place for itself among the great powers.
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- 2027 Timeline Singapore Hosts International AI Olympiad
- 2026-08-11 Timeline Meta–Manus Deal Unwound: Manus Returns to Independent Operations
- 2026-08-07 Longform From Asking to Doing: How the World Puts ChatGPT to Work
- 2026-07-06 Video Singapore and China should deepen AI and energy ties
- 2026-07 Policy Minister Josephine Teo's Visit to Geneva for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the AI for Good Global Commission
- 2026-06-09 Longform What GIC and Temasek have invested in AI: the full public record
- 2026-06 Policy IMDA × Microsoft AI Safety and Security MOU
- 2026-04-27 Timeline China Blocks Meta–Manus Acquisition: A Red Line Against "Singapore Washing"
- 2026-04-20 Timeline ISO/IEC 42119-8: First International Standard for Testing Generative AI
- 2026-03-02 Video AI becomes a shared growth engine for Singapore-South Korea cooperation
- 2026-02-19 Longform Global AI Adoption in 2025 — A Widening Digital Divide
- 2026-02-02 Video How Singapore navigates a fragmented world
- 2026-01-31 Video President Tharman: full GZERO World interview
- 2025-10-22 Video PM Lawrence Wong interviewed by the Financial Times
- 2025-05 Policy Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities
- 2025-04 Policy International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety
- 2024-09 Policy Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) Seoul Summit
- 2024-05 Policy Seoul AI Safety Commitment
- 2024-02 Policy ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics
- 2023-11 Policy Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety
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- 2026-07 Minister Josephine Teo's Visit to Geneva for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the AI for Good Global Commission
- 2026-06 IMDA × Microsoft AI Safety and Security MOU
- 2025-05 Singapore Consensus on Global AI Safety Research Priorities
- 2025-04 International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety
- 2024-09 Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) Seoul Summit
- 2024-05 Seoul AI Safety Commitment
- 2024-02 ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics
- 2023-11 Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety
- 2020 Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)
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- 2026-07-06 Singapore and China should deepen AI and energy ties
- 2026-03-02 AI becomes a shared growth engine for Singapore-South Korea cooperation
- 2026-02-02 How Singapore navigates a fragmented world
- 2026-01-31 President Tharman: full GZERO World interview
- 2025-10-22 PM Lawrence Wong interviewed by the Financial Times
- 2021-07-14 Vivian Balakrishnan's address at the NSCAI Global Emerging Technology Summit
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Timeline 5
- 2027 Singapore Hosts International AI Olympiad
- 2026-08-11 Meta–Manus Deal Unwound: Manus Returns to Independent Operations
- 2026-04-27 China Blocks Meta–Manus Acquisition: A Red Line Against "Singapore Washing"
- 2026-04-20 ISO/IEC 42119-8: First International Standard for Testing Generative AI
- 2020 PDPA Amendment and GPAI Founding