AI talent in Singapore: Google Cloud expands hire to develop AI solutions at new engineering centre

Future AI solutions by Google could be developed in Singapore. The internet giant has opened a new engineering centre and hired more than 85 specialists to turn research into AI solutions for its global customers. Singapore’s Digital Development and Information Ministry says the centre will help build capabilities to ultimately deepen the business ecosystem. The centre is co-located with Google DeepMind’s research lab in Singapore. With the lab findings, the centre will help build frontier model solutions and agentic platforms for Singapore businesses that are going global. Google is already involved with local enterprises such as building financial agents for DBS and predicting the weather for Grab's food delivery riders. Google Cloud also says it will continue to focus on security, even as it evolves its AI model training. The Gemini provider says it has already started learning and mitigating AI safety risks. This comes after prominent AI executives,including Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis warned of potential dangers that the technology poses to humanity.