Zhaki Abdullah

4 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – Doctors at Changi General Hospital (CGH) are testing the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to summarise medical reports and provide recommendations on clinical surveillance. But are these recommendations accurate? Meanwhile, regulatory technology firm Tookitaki uses GenAI to investigate potential money laundering and fraud cases. Are its findings trustworthy?

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – Doctors at Changi General Hospital use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to summarise colonoscopy reports and provide recommendations on clinical management. But are these recommendations accurate? Meanwhile, regulatory technology firm Tookitaki uses GenAI to investigate potential money laundering and fraud cases. Are its findings trustworthy?

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE - Ensuring the continued success of Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community is a collective effort, said Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim, who is Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. This will involve working together with M3 – a collaboration between self-help group Mendaki, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore and the People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council – in addition to other Malay/Muslim organisations, as well as informal groups, he added.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – The number of dengue cases for January to May 2025 has dropped about 74 per cent from the same period in 2024, with almost 2,000 cases recorded for the year to date, according to figures from the National Environment Agency (NEA). This is also “significantly lower” than the number of cases during the same period in 2023, when more than 3,000 cases were reported for the first half of the year. About 10,000 dengue cases were recorded in the first half of 2024.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – A new artificial intelligence (AI) system which will reduce the time required for a cardiac scan analysis and allow for faster diagnosis of coronary artery disease will be available at three public hospitals here as part of a year-long trial. The Singapore heart lesion analyser (Sense) will be trialled at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), the National University Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital in the third quarter of 2025.