Most popular stories, September 2025

By Sol Gonzalez

This month we spotlight stories on how governments globally adopt AI to power services, improve processes, and stay future-ready.

Most popular stories, September 2025

Here we are, waking you up when September ends.

And we bring some of our top stories for this month to keep you company.

From Singapore to Ukraine, the top stories this month all delved deep into how governments are adopting AI to transform processes and improve services.

Singapore launched new training initiatives for the workforce to learn and understand cloud technologies, necessary to deploy AI-powered solutions, such as the GenAI search engine for lawyers launched this month.

Meanwhile, in the other side of the world, Ukraine launched the world’s first government AI agent for citizens to access services directly through the AI-powered assistant.

Enjoy reading!

1. Singapore launches new training initiative to produce cloud and AI-ready workforce

*Minister Josephine Teo announced efforts to expand the AI talent pool and unveiled the fourth edition of the Singapore 100 Women in Tech list at the Tech³ Forum. Click image to access article >>>*

A new initiative, Skills Pathway for Cloud, launched by Singapore Computer Society (SCS), in collaboration with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore, will offer industry-led upskilling programmes in cloud computing to eligible candidates.

Singapore’s Minister for Digital Development and Information, Josephine Teo, said the initiative would support the country’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven transformation by creating a robust pipeline of job-ready talent.

2. From silos to strategy: how logical data unlocks AI-ready public services

*Speaking at the Public Sector Data Day, Denodo’s Regional VP & General Manager, ASEAN & Korea, William Hong. Click image to access article >>>*

Have you ever been stuck waiting for a government service, only to find out that different departments can't share information with each other? This experience points to a common public sector challenge - managing vast amounts of data that are locked in separate systems.

“Today is about one big idea - better government with smarter data. From healthcare to citizen services to AI, success starts with trusted, connected, and well-governed data,” said Hong.

3. Singapore trials agentic AI for corporate compliance, launches GenAI search engine for lawyers

Both the POC for the agentic AGM demonstrator and the official launch of the LawNet 4.0 platform were announced at the TechLaw.Fest 2025, jointly organised by Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) and the Ministry of Law, on September 11 in Singapore. Click image to access article >>>

Companies in Singapore could soon use an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to handle their paperwork submissions for Annual General Meetings (AGMs), and lawyers could now pose questions related to contract law on LawNet 4.0, a one-stop platform for legal research in Singapore, using natural language.

4. Phishing, ransomware and infected hardware major cyber threats for Singapore

The Singapore Cyber Landscape report noted that advanced persistent threat (APT) activity has increased globally and in Southeast Asia (SEA), governments and critical infrastructure were targeted by APT groups for espionage purposes. Click image to access article >>>

Phishing attempts in Singapore increased by 49 per cent from last year, ransomware attacks increased by 21 per cent, and infected computer infrastructure remained a concern with a 67 per cent increase, according to the annual Singapore Cyber Landscape 2024/2025 report released by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA).

5. Ukraine launches world’s first government AI agent

While AI assistants for government platforms are not new and already exist in countries like Estonia, Singapore and the UK, Ukraine is the world's first government to roll out an AI agent to provide services directly through a chat interface. Click image to access article >>>

Ukraine is the world's first government to roll out an AI agent to provide services directly through a chat interface. What this means is that AI is not just a chatbot that answers questions, but a functional agent that completes the user’s request and delivers the document.