US, Singapore Commit to Research Collaboration in Emerging Tech

The U.S. and Singapore this week committed to collaborate across a range of critical and emerging technology areas and vowed to “promote candid and sustained exchanges on risks, opportunities, and key national security implications associated” with the six areas, including artificial intelligence, digital economy and data governance, biotechnology, critical infrastructure and technology supply chains, defense innovation and quantum information science and technology. Marking the inaugural U.S.-Singapore Critical and Emerging Technology Dialogue in Washington, the two sides said they plan to promote “research collaboration” in emerging AI, biotech and quantum applications.