AI in Singapore's news media
8 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 7 news organizations, 2024–2026.
East Asia and the Pacific2024–2026
Compared with the global pattern, Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance accounts for 38% of cases here against 17% worldwide.
What AI is used for — and how that differs
Singaporeworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance3+21pp
Audience Intelligence & Analytics1+11pp
Talent Development & Upskilling1+5pp
Transcription & Translation1+10pp
Workflow & Operations (General)1+10pp
Content Production & Automation1-2pp
How far adoption has gone
1 – Access1
2 – Adoption5
3 – Proficiency2
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0
Who is adopting
Funding: Own budget (5), Public broadcaster / state media (3)
Notable cases
AI-assisted social listening for news coverage — uses Google Cloud Vertex AI and Gemini to analyze large volumes of social media data, tag videos and images, and surface insights for news decisions; AI maps video engagement to audience psychographics for ad targeting; coverage of MRT East-West Line disruption (Sept 2024) won Silver at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2025
Audience Intelligence & Analytics2 – Adoption
SPH Robbie" AI article summariser — generates summaries of news articles from The Straits Times for adaptation by The New Paper digital team; also deployed as in-article AI story summariser on the merged Stomp/The New Paper platform (launched Oct 2024); frees up editorial team to cover broader range of stories
Content Production & Automation2 – Adoption
cna.id — CNA's first non-English digital platform, launching Bahasa Indonesia news site using custom AI translation tool built with A*STAR; AI-translated articles reviewed by dedicated Bahasa Indonesia editorial team before publication
Transcription & Translation2 – Adoption
AI Weather Forecast Automation — automated production of weather forecast clips
Workflow & Operations (General)3 – Proficiency
Participation in CUNY AI Journalism Lab Builders 2026 training programme for AI in business journalism
Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
How AI is Helping Out in the Newsroom
Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance2 – Adoption
Elsewhere in East Asia and the Pacific
Data from
J·Index, the Journalism AI Index —
every case verified against a published source. See the
methodological note for how cases are collected and coded.
Updated 2026-07-23.