Hacker News with Generative AI: Singapore

Singapore arrests alleged Nvidia chip smugglers (techcrunch.com)
Singaporean police arrested three men for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips, Channel News Asia reported.
Grab AI Gateway: Connecting Grabbers to Multiple GenAI Providers (grab.com)
The transformative world of Generative AI (GenAI), which refers to artificial intelligence systems capable of creating new content such as text, images, or music that is similar to human-generated content, has become integral to innovation, powering the next generation of AI-enabled applications. At Grab, it is crucial that every Grabber has access to these cutting-edge technologies to build powerful applications to better serve our customers and enhance their experiences. Grab’s AI Gateway aims to provide exactly this.
TikTok owner asks Chinese staff in Singapore to pay taxes to Beijing (ft.com)
TikTok owner asks Chinese staff in Singapore to pay taxes to Beijing
Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population (restofworld.org)
By 2030, one in four people in Singapore will be over the age of 65. Authorities see potential in AI tools to assist in preventive illness care. An AI tool under development will use voice biomarkers to detect early signs of depression in seniors.
Singapore's Cat Problem (nytimes.com)
The reversal of a 35-year ban on cats in public housing won’t be a quick fix for cat-related problems. It’s not even clear how many cats live in the city-state.
I was paid to draw SMRT buses as anime women: R/Singapore (reddit.com)
I was paid to draw SMRT buses as anime women!
Singapore OKs 4,300km subsea cable for importing electricity from Australia (mothership.sg)
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has granted Sun Cable Conditional Approval to supply electricity from Australia to Singapore via subsea cables spanning over 4,300 km.
Chinese hackers linked to cybercrime syndicate arrested in Singapore (bleepingcomputer.com)
Six Chinese nationals and a Singaporean have been arrested on Monday in Singapore for their alleged role in malicious cyber activities committed in connection with a "global syndicate."
Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore (pv-tech.org)
Hetzner Cloud – Singapore location available (hetzner.cloud)
Hetzner Cloud now also in Singapore (hetzner.com)
Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore (hetzner.com)
Singapore's Baby Bust: Record low births in 2023 deepen demographic crisis (population.news)
Banks in Singapore to phase out SMS OTP in 3 months (bleepingcomputer.com)
Singapore has just approved 16 insects to eat as food (theguardian.com)
Half of Singapore's e-commerce scams happen on WhatsApp, Facebook, or Instagram (restofworld.org)
American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight (population.fyi)
Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off (restofworld.org)
Fired employee deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 (channelnewsasia.com)
Singapore Airlines flight hits turbulence, 1 dead, 7 critically injured (reuters.com)
One Dead After London-Singapore Flight Hit by Turbulence (bloomberg.com)
Singapore writers reject a government plan to train AI on their work (restofworld.org)