SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development ( MDDI) on Friday ( Mar 7 ) announced several initiatives aimed at improving Singaporeans ‘ proficiency in the use of artificial intelligence.
These include new content and programmes on generative AI under the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s ( IMDA ) Digital Skills for Life ( DSL ) framework.
Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Rahayu Mahzam announced the walk in congress.
The DSL framework was launched last year, with learning resources and materials to provide all Singaporeans with modern knowledge and skills to perform daily living tasks online easily and safely, understand the online space, as well as safeguard against website risks.  ,
This yr, IMDA will develop the framework and present Singaporeans to generating AI, its risks and how to use it properly in their everyday lives.
The SkillsFuture for Digital Workplace 2.0 ( SFDW 2.0) programme will also be expanded to incorporate AI content in the curriculum, said Minister for , Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo.
Introduced in 2017, SFDW provides basic education for Singaporeans in modern competencies to make them for the modern market.
It was refreshed in July 2023, and then focuses on four key areas aligned with the latest electronic styles: Automation, security threat, data analytics and in-demand online tools.  ,
To keep up with the latest AI improvements, IMDA has partnered Skillsfuture Singapore, key business people and Institutes of Higher Learning to release the Skills Framework for Infocomm Technology to contain nine new conceptual AI abilities.  ,
Workers with little or no background in tech can then sign up for SFDW 2.0 training, and be equipped with the skills to use AI tools to improve their workplace productivity.
” Under this expansion, workers in all sectors – be it manufacturing or retail- can learn how to use tools such as ChatGPT and CoPilot”, said Mrs Teo.
” This will help them to enhance their productivity at work, even if they have no background in tech”.