IMDA, Microsoft partner to advance AI safety and security

The collaboration will focus on AI evaluation, information sharing, and trusted access to frontier AI models.

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen collaboration on artificial intelligence safety and security.

The agreement aims to support the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and deployment of AI, the two organisations said in a joint media release.

The MOU was signed by Kiren Kumar, deputy chief executive of IMDA, and Natasha Crampton, chief responsible AI officer of Microsoft.

Under the partnership, IMDA and Microsoft will work together across three areas: technical and research collaboration, information sharing, and the development of a policy framework for trusted access to frontier AI models.

The technical and research collaboration will include joint research into agentic AI and the development of evaluation methods, tools, and benchmarks for AI models. This will also cover multilingual AI safety and ways to strengthen societal resilience against broader trust and safety challenges posed by AI systems.

IMDA and Microsoft will also exchange knowledge, best practices, governance frameworks, and research findings on AI safety and security. These may be shared with relevant ecosystem partners where appropriate.

As part of the agreement, IMDA, the Singapore AI Safety Institute, and Microsoft will work with other Singapore government agencies to explore a framework for how governments and infrastructure operators can responsibly access frontier AI models for safety and security testing.

The parties will also jointly develop a white paper examining demand-side needs from government agencies and infrastructure operators, as well as supply-side policy considerations for model providers.