{
  "id": 18258545,
  "title": "Nine in ten Singaporeans use AI. Only a third are comfortable with it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nine-in-ten-singaporeans-use-ai-only-a-third-are-comfortable-with-it",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:45:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "e27",
    "slug": "e27",
    "url": "https://e27.co/nine-in-ten-singaporeans-use-ai-only-a-third-are-comfortable-with-it-20261105/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A report released by We Are Social and Meltwater has revealed that 89.9% of Singapore internet users aged 16 and above have used an AI tool in the past month, despite only 34.6% feeling comfortable using them. This gap between habit and confidence is the most significant finding in the Digital 2027: Singapore report. ChatGPT is leading the way, with 48.7% of users employing it, followed by Google Gemini at 29.8%. However, search engines are far from obsolete, as 88% of users still utilize traditional search engines monthly. The monetisation of AI in Singapore is also lagging behind, with only 8.1% of internet users paying for an AI subscription. The report highlights that Singaporeans are leaning on a technology they do not fully trust, a pattern that has been common in search engines and social feeds. While AI comfort levels are respectable at the ninth global position, the trust deficit is evident, with barely a third of users expressing comfort in using AI. For marketers, the report emphasizes the need to understand how brands show up from search, social, and AI answers.",
  "summary": "Nine in ten Singapore internet users now reach for an AI tool every month. Barely a third say they are comfortable doing so. That gap between habit and confidence is the most telling finding in Digital 2027: Singapore, the annual report released today by creative agency We Are Social and media intelligence firm Meltwater. According […] The post Nine in ten Singaporeans use AI. Only a third are…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}