Existing safeguards by AI companies insufficient as models grow more capable: Josephine Teo
Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information, Josephine Teo, warns that current AI safeguards are insufficient against malicious actors. She notes that open-source models allow users to bypass safety filters, increasing risks of cyberattacks and scams.
Why it matters
This highlights the regulatory challenge of balancing AI innovation with security, particularly regarding the proliferation of unregulated, open-source models.
Content filters, user verification and pre-release testing are among existing safeguards, but malicious users can bypass them by turning to openly available AI models, says the digital development and information minister.
Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo speaking to the media at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information on Aug 28, 2026. (File photo: CNA/Ooi Boon Keong)
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