Anthropic opens Singapore office, signs AI safety agreement with government
Singapore and AI company Anthropic have signed an agreement on AI cooperation, with Anthropic opening its Singapore office on October 14. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) covers AI safety, model evaluation, responsible adoption and incident response. Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann emphasized the importance of safety evaluation as the technology advances.
The MOU was signed at the Singapore International Cyber Week conference by Anthropic co-founder Benjamin Mann and Chng Kai Fong, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. The agreement comes after Singapore's senior minister called for full transparency in AI development and information sharing.
Anthropic has been collaborating with Singapore since 2023 and is now focusing on go-to-market strategies in the local market, with 12 job openings for various roles. The company's work in Singapore includes helping the government modernize its systems with Anthropic's Agentic Coding tool, Claude Code, which has been adopted by over 1,500 GovTech engineers.
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