No. Singapore does not have any laws or regulations specifically addressing the use of AI. However, it does have various sectorial and voluntary frameworks concerning the use of AI, as well as binding laws and regulations in other domains, such as data protection (Personal Data Protection Act 2012), copyright (Copyright Act 2021) and online safety (Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2014), that may be applicable.

Singapore has thus far adopted a sectoral and voluntary approach towards AI governance, in order to achieve the 2 goals set out in Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0: to advance the field of AI and maximize value creation, and to empower individuals, businesses and communities to use AI with confidence, discernment and trust. For example, in the financial sector, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") issued the Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency ("FEAT") principles in 2018 to guide the responsible use of AI. The MAS then worked with industry partners in the financial sector to create the Veritas Framework in 2019, to provide financial institutions with a verifiable way to incorporate the FEAT principles into their AI and data analytics-driven solutions. In the healthcare sector, the Ministry of Health ("MOH") published the AI in Healthcare Guidelines in 2021 to support patient safety and improve trust in the use of AI in healthcare. On a broader level, the Info-communications Media Development Authority ("IMDA") and Personal Data Protection Commission ("PDPC") launched the Model AI Governance Framework in 2019 which aims to provide private sector organizations with readily implementable guidance on key ethical and governance issues when deploying AI solutions. This was updated in 2020 together with an Implementation and Self-Assessment Guide for Organisations to help organizations assess the alignment of their AI governance practices with the Model Framework. In 2022, the IMDA also launched AI Verify, an AI governance testing framework and software toolkit that validates the performance of AI systems against a set of internationally recognized principles through standardized tests. In March 2024, the PDPC also issued a set of Advisory Guidelines on the Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems to provide organizations with more clarity on the use of personal data to train or develop AI to support their efforts to implement AI. In July 2024, the PDPC also introduced a proposed guide on synthetic data ("SD") generation which it jointly developed with the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (“A*STAR”) to assist organizations in understanding SD generation techniques and potential use cases, particularly for AI.

There is no specific agency in Singapore that regulates the use of AI. However, the IMDA has been spearheading efforts in the development of various voluntary guidelines and toolkits, so as to assist organizations and industry players in aligning their business practices with international ethical and governance standards. The PDPC has also issued various guidelines to provide organizations with clarity on the use of personal data to train or develop AI. In addition, sectoral regulators such as the MAS and MOH continue to play important roles in regulating the adoption of AI within their sectors.