GPAI

How GPAI works:

• Multilateral dialogue: exchanges on AI policy, research, and ethics among member states
• Joint research: cross-border AI projects (medical AI, governance tooling, etc.)
• Expert network: a connector for academics and policymakers across countries
• OECD coordination: merged with OECD AI workstreams in 2024

Singapore's participation:

• Actively contributes AI Verify as a governance-tooling template
• Represents the "Southeast Asian perspective" in multilateral discussions
• Uses GPAI to deepen AI cooperation with the EU, Canada, Japan, and others

GPAI does not do AI research or deployment directly — it is a multilateral diplomatic platform for AI governance. Singapore uses GPAI to push tools like AI Verify internationally, making it a key channel for IMDA's globalisation strategy.

GPAI is one of the core platforms for Lever 6 (international affairs) in Singapore's AI strategy.

In the "seven transmission levers" framework:

• Lever 6 (international): the main channel for participation in multilateral AI governance

A take: GPAI gives a small country like Singapore "founding member" status at the global AI governance table — well beyond what its actual economic or technological weight would suggest. It is a textbook case of Singapore's "small country, big strategy" playbook.