Anthropic signs AI safety MOU with Singapore ministry, opens fifth Asia-Pacific office
Anthropic has opened a Singapore office and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The MOU sets out cooperation on AI safety, security and model evaluation, plus technical exchanges with Singapore's assurance institutions. For compliance leads at regulated firms already running Claude, the document signals how the vendor intends to engage Singapore's rule-making as AI governance tightens.
- The MOU with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information covers AI safety, security, model evaluation, adoption research and responsible deployment across public and private sectors.
- Anthropic plans technical exchanges with Singapore's AI safety, security and assurance institutions on model evaluation, testing standards and incident response.
- Anthropic says it will share research including the Anthropic Economic Index and offer technical and policy expertise as Singapore develops its AI rules.
- Claude is already used by GovTech Singapore, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, DBS, GIC, Grab and Sea, with in-region inference available on Amazon Bedrock for regulated sectors.
- The office is Anthropic's fifth in Asia-Pacific; engagement with Singapore dates to joining the IMDA and AI Verify Foundation Generative AI Evaluation Sandbox in 2023.