Anthropic signs an AI safety agreement with Singapore as it opens an office there
Anthropic has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information on AI safety, security and model evaluation. It also opened an office in Singapore on October 14, its fifth in the Asia-Pacific region, Anthropic says.
The Anthropic Economic Index dashboard. The index ranks Singapore second of 121 countries for Claude.ai use relative to population. Image: Anthropic
The memorandum sets out areas where the two sides plan to cooperate. They include safety testing, research on how people adopt AI, and responsible use across government and business.
Anthropic plans to share testing work and data with Singapore's safety institutions
Permanent Secretary Kai Fong Chng and Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann signed it at Singapore International Cyber Week. Minister Josephine Teo witnessed the signing.
Anthropic says it will hold technical exchanges with Singapore's AI safety and assurance institutions on model evaluation, testing standards and incident response. It also plans to share research and data, including from its Economic Index, as Singapore writes its AI rules. The company does similar work with safety institutes elsewhere, and six METR staff now work inside Anthropic as independent evaluators.
"Singapore has been a leader in responsible AI, with a long track record of investment in model testing and evaluation," Mann said.
Claude Code, which more than 1,500 GovTech Singapore engineers and technical staff use. Image: Anthropic
Singapore uses Claude about six times more than its population would predict
Anthropic's Economic Index ranks Singapore second of 121 countries for Claude.ai use relative to population. That is nearly six times what its size alone would predict.
The government is a large user. More than 1,500 engineers and technical staff at GovTech Singapore use Claude Code to modernise government systems. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is exploring how Claude could help with cyber defence.
Companies named include DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, and Grab, whose Claude-based sales assistant saves its teams about 40,000 hours a quarter, according to Anthropic. The sovereign wealth fund GIC is rolling Claude out across its investment and corporate teams.
