Singapore releases starter kit with key insights on GenAI implementation
By Amit Roy Choudhury
Released at the ATxSummit 2025, the kit provides a step-by-step guide on how to think about risks when implementing AI and GenAI projects and is available to all.

Speaking at the ATxSummit 2025, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, Tian Kiat How, said Singapore was at the forefront of efforts to operationalise AI safety, accelerate trusted and responsible AI adoption and deployment, and promote international cooperation in AI “that benefits all”. Image: MDDI
On the second day of the ATxSummit 2025, on Thursday, Singapore unveiled key insights from its Global AI Assurance Pilot that distilled practical lessons for implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI).
The pilot was launched by the AI Verify Foundation and the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) in February 2025.
Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, Tan Kiat How, said the lessons have been put together in the world’s first testing starter kit for GenAI applications. The report is now available for viewing.
The starter kit generalises key insights from the pilot and consultations with other practitioners to provide practical testing guidance for all businesses developing or leveraging GenAI applications across sectors and use cases, IMDA said.
The Minister noted that the report helped “us understand what businesses really need” to build and use GenAI with confidence.
He added that Singapore was at the forefront of efforts to operationalise AI safety, accelerate trusted and responsible AI adoption and deployment, and promote international cooperation in AI “that benefits all”.
Step-by-step guide
The kit provided a set of voluntary guidelines which coalesced emerging best practices and methodologies for testing large language model (LLM)-based applications.
This provides consistency in testing methodology in a rapidly evolving environment.
It also provides enterprises and app developers guidance on a structured approach to testing, for example, when to test, what to test, and how to test.
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The starter kit also highlights the risks to be concerned about, including common ones like hallucination, undesirable content, data disclosure, and vulnerability to adversarial prompts.
The Minister said the starter kit was complemented by testing tools such as Project Moonshot, which provided a platform enabling businesses to implement the testing guidance.
He added that the kit would continue to expand to address emerging risks and testing requirements in tandem with technological developments.
Noting that both the pilot and starter kit aimed to uplift the capabilities of businesses, the Minister said that whether it was a startup piloting a chatbot or a large enterprise deploying AI applications at scale, the aim was to make responsible innovation more accessible and achievable.
“This creates a feedback loop between practice, tools, and policy that keeps governance agile, grounded, and innovation-friendly,” he added.
More importantly, it allowed businesses to take the lead in building trusted GenAI, backed by shared standards, open frameworks, and a community committed to safe and responsible innovation, Minister Tian said.
AISG signs MOU with UNDP on AI learning
The summit saw AI Singapore (AISG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand access to AI learning in six pilot countries from Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and the Caribbean, to bridge the digital divide.
The partnership would scale AISG’s successful AI for Good (AI4Good) programme, initially launched in 2024, to bolster national AI capabilities across Asia and internationally.
This MOU outlined five key strategic areas aimed at increasing AI literacy.
These areas included initiatives to empower educators in AI instruction, create inclusive learning opportunities, raise ethical AI awareness, and build institutional capacity to sustain and scale AI literacy initiatives.
The programme was expected to equip individuals, particularly marginalised groups, with crucial AI skills for job searches, entrepreneurship, and social engagement, thereby ensuring their equitable participation in the digital economy.
Educators would also gain access to helpful resources to integrate AI literacy across various learning environments.
Minister Tian said the MOU represented a “shared commitment to make AI work for everyone, not just where it can be developed and advanced, but where it could be most needed”.
He added that in many contexts, the promise of AI was harder to realise, shaped by differences in access, infrastructure, and readiness.
“Through this partnership, we seek to close these gaps and open up opportunities for more to participate confidently in digital economies, starting here in Singapore, and extending to our region and beyond.
“This effort reflects the same ethos that has guided our broader efforts to nurture an AI ecosystem that delivers impact where it matters most,” he added.
Commenting on the MOU, UNDP’s Chief Digital Officer, Robert Opp, said AI was rapidly evolving and holds “enormous potential to transform societies and advance sustainable development”.
“To ensure everyone can benefit from this transformation, our efforts must be rooted in equity and sustainability. Through our partnership with AI Singapore, UNDP and the countries we serve gain access to cutting-edge learning and accelerated AI literacy,” he said
AISG’s AI student developer conference
The AI Student Developer Conference (AISDC), led by AISG, also brought together over 1,000 students and 60 industry partners in a two-day event dedicated to AI innovation and talent development.
A key highlight of the event was the National AI Student Challenge (NAISC), where students from six ASEAN countries (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines) competed to tackle real-world problems through LLM fine-tuning and prompt engineering.
The developer conference has expanded to include ASEAN participation through its first regional challenge track, underlining Singapore's role in fostering AI talent development and collaboration across Southeast Asia.
During her closing remarks at the AISDC conference, Singapore’s Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, stated that the global AI race was not just about technology, but also about cultivating the right talent to develop and deploy cutting-edge technologies.
Singapore must nurture and develop our students for an AI-driven future, and we have enhanced our education system to focus on AI and related disciplines, she added.