Tripling Singapore’s AI workforce to 15,000 not just about numbers, but ‘talents and ideas’: Experts

Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Faculty, News Media

SINGAPORE: In the race to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI), Singapore aims to get ahead by more than tripling its AI workforce to 15,000 in the next three to five years.

Channel News Asia, 10 December 2023. 

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