SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Lim Chong Kin, Drew & Napier LLC
explanations, and careful design of human-AI interfaces. On 25 May 2022, the Infocomm Media Develop - ment Authority (IMDA) and the PDPC launched AI Verify, which is the world’s first AI govern - ance testing framework and toolkit for compa - nies that wish to demonstrate responsible AI in an objective and verifiable manner. Developers and owners can verify the claimed performance of their AI systems against a set of principles through standardised tests. AI Verify packages together a set of open-source testing solutions, including a set of process checks, into a toolkit for convenient self-assessment. The toolkit will generate reports for developers, management and business partners, covering major areas affecting AI performance. On 7 June 2023, the IMDA set up the AI Verify Foundation (the Foundation) to harness the col - lective power and contributions of the global open-source community to develop AI Verify. The Foundation seeks to boost AI testing capa - bilities and assurance to meet the needs of com - panies and regulators globally. It has more than 60 general members, with seven premier mem - bers – Aicadium, Google, IBM, IMDA, Microsoft, Red Hat and Salesforce – that will set strategic directions and a development roadmap for AI Verify. Singapore’s second National AI Strategy (NAIS 2.0) was officially launched on 4 December 2023 and outlines Singapore’s vision to be a place where AI serves as a force for good, where AI is harnessed to uplift Singapore’s collective eco - nomic and social potential over the next three to five years. On 1 April 2024, the PDPC published the Advi - sory Guidelines on use of Personal Data in AI
Recommendation and Decision Systems to pro - vide: • more clarity for organisations on the use of personal data to train or develop AI to sup - port their efforts to implement AI; • guidance on information to be provided to consumers when seeking consent; • guidance to third-party developers of bespoke AI systems who may occupy the role of data intermediaries on their obligations under the PDPA; and • guidance on best practices to support busi - nesses in their compliance with the PDPA. Autonomous Vehicles The Road Traffic (Autonomous Motor Vehicles) Rules 2017 provide that the trial or use of an autonomous motor vehicle on any road is pro - hibited, unless specific authorisation is obtained. Parties wishing to use such vehicles must sub - mit an application to the Land Transport Author - ity (LTA), stating matters such as the trial’s objec - tives, the type of autonomous vehicle to be used and its intended purposes. The LTA has the dis - cretion to accept or reject the application and/ or impose conditions. Deepfakes On 15 October 2024, the Singapore Parliament passed the Elections (Integrity of Online Adver - tising) (Amendment) Bill, which prohibits the publication of online election advertising con - taining certain digitally generated or manipulated content about candidates. The Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 and the Presidential Elec - tions Act 1991 will be amended to empower the Returning Officer to issue corrective directions to individuals who publish digitally generated or manipulated online election advertising, to social media services and to internet access service providers to take down offending content or to
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