Kuala Lampur, June 2 -- SINGAPORE, June 2 - Singapore is developing a registry of artificial intelligence agents for around 150,000 public officers, as the government moves to expand the use of AI in public service work while tightening safeguards on data security and oversight.

The registry will track the ownership and activity of AI agents, which are capable of making decisions and carrying out tasks at machine speed.

It is part of a broader suite of tools under development by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), aimed at strengthening governance as public officers increasingly use AI for tasks such as coding, report generation and scheduling.

GovTech chief executive Goh Wei Boon told The Straits Times that the initiative, kno...