Google says Singapore has very high potential to be a global AI hub
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American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. SINGAPORE — Singapore has "very high" potential as a global AI hub — thanks in part to an environment that fosters innovation, a Google Cloud executive told CNBC. "In order for AI to really deliver on its potential, you need really good public and private partnerships," Caroline Yap, managing director, global AI business and applied engineering at Google Cloud, told CNBC. That enables to build and test their own generative AI solutions in a controlled and dedicated cloud-based environment. At the same time, it also benefits Singaporeans as a whole, "either as consumers of these technologies or being in the economy as it grows for these types of innovation," said Yap. On whether other governments are as open and collaborative as Singapore, Yap told CNBC, "some are, some arent."