SINGAPORE – Although artificial intelligence (AI) can automate tasks and accelerate decision-making in defence, there must still be a “man in the loop”, said Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing at a dialogue organised by The Straits Times. “There are many things that AI can do. It can help us to speed »»»

Merrill Nielsen’s wheat crop looked healthy after he planted it in the fall on his 2,500-acre farm in north-central Kansas, about 50 miles west of Salina, the plants benefiting from higher-than-normal November rainfall. But an abnormally warm and dry winter, followed by extreme temperature variabil»»»