NTUC will provide its members with up to 50 per cent subsidies for the subscription costs of eligible AI tools. This new initiative was announced at the launch of the AI-Ready SG Initiative on Feb. 13. The subsidy is part of key efforts to enable workers to learn and apply AI skills in their daily…
Zellis study shows respondents happy with AI as a productivity tool but enthusiasm wanes for career-defining roles like hiring Pro Image: Dennis A survey of organisations employing more than 1,000 people in the UK and Ireland has found that successful rollout of artificial intelligence tools could redirect the equivalent of 1.7 billion working hours annually…
SINGAPORE – Businesses will soon receive tax deductions on spending on artificial intelligence (AI) tools, as part of a concerted push by the Government to encourage adoption of the technology. Under an expanded Enterprise Innovation Scheme, businesses can claim annual tax deductions of 400 per cent on qualifying AI expenses – capped at $50,000 per…
Image generated by Gemini AI / Google Amazon engineers are reaching a breaking point with company-imposed limits on Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant that many developers rely on. The restrictions have sparked internal backlash, with engineers arguing the rules disrupt their workflow and slow development. The irony cuts deep. Amazon has a total investment…
Fewer than half of roles in organizations have been updated to include AI-related skills, according to the study. In organizations struggling to achieve net productivity gains, less than 25% of roles are reported as AI-ready. “AI has been layered onto roles that were never updated to accommodate it,” the report states. Despite these challenges, the…
Artificial intelligence, or AI, used to feel like something from a sci-fi movie, right? We’d see robots and self-driving cars in films and think, ‘that’s the future’. But honestly, AI is already here, quietly changing how we do things every day. It’s in our phones, our work, and even how we make stuff. Today, we’re…
London-based Mozart AI has raised $6 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Balderton Capital. The round included participation from Mercuri, EWOR, Kevin Hartz, Charles Ferguson, and Emery Wells, alongside existing investors and strategic angel backers from the music, AI, and creator technology sectors. The round follows a pre-seed round raised earlier this…
Artificial intelligence may just be the productivity tool of many an employer’s dreams, but AI also increases workloads and comes with the risk of burnout. The technology may be revolutionizing the workplace, but without safeguards in place, your workers may just succumb to the pressures sooner than expected. What looks like a win for some…
For more than two decades, email has been repeatedly declared obsolete. Each new wave of workplace technology, from real-time chat to collaborative workspaces and AI-driven assistants, has promised to replace it. Yet in 2025, something unexpected happened. Instead of being displaced by artificial intelligence, email became the primary surface where AI-driven productivity gains were felt…
Picture this: A large logistics company was under serious pressure to improve on-time delivery forecasting during peak season. The North American operations team started feeding shipment data, carrier metrics, delay reports, and exception notes into various AI tools (some enterprise-licensed, others personal accounts) to generate faster predictions and better handling guidance. Early results were impressive. …
