AI Singapore has launched the inaugural AI for Good Festival, a national initiative to expand AI literacy and responsible AI education across the country. Held in support of the Digital for Life movement and delivered in partnership with Amazon Web Services and Micron Technology, the three-day festival opened at Republic Polytechnic and is expected to reach more than 5,000 youths through hands-on workshops and interactive activities.
The opening ceremony was attended by Guest of Honour Ms Jasmin Lau, Minister of State for the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and the Ministry of Education, underscoring the government’s backing for the initiative. Organisers describe it as one of the few festivals in the region to combine youth leadership with structured AI literacy programming, bringing together government, industry, philanthropy, educators and community partners.
Building an AI-Bilingual Singapore
The festival is designed to support Singapore’s updated National AI Strategy, which calls for workers to become “AI Bilingual” — retaining deep expertise in their own domains while gaining enough AI capability to apply it within their daily workflows.
“To foster an effectively AI-bilingual society, we must meet individuals exactly where they are,” said Koo Sengmeng, Director of Talent & Ecosystem at AI Singapore. “What truly matters is how we enable every individual, from our youth to the general public, to move from understanding AI to actively applying it in ways that create real, everyday value.”
To make responsible AI education tangible for visitors, the festival features five youth-designed, gamified learning booths. These include Deepfake Detectives, built around the National Library Board’s S.U.R.E. framework to help participants spot AI-generated content and misinformation, and AI Mythbusters, a movement-based activity that separates AI facts from myths in real time.
Youth-Led Projects Target Real-World Problems
Among eight public-good projects on display, several tackle specific national challenges with measurable stakes:
- Hear2Go — built by Republic Polytechnic students with the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, using real-time bus detection, voice announcements and vibration alerts to help visually impaired commuters navigate more safely.
- VermiMetrics: Waste to Wealth — addresses Singapore’s food waste problem, where an estimated 2,164 tonnes of food are discarded daily, using smart vermicomposting supported by computer vision and predictive analysis.
- Calm Path — responds to the statistic that one in 12 women in Singapore will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, offering an AI companion for screening-related questions alongside a centre finder and habit-building tools.
“Through Hear2Go, we learned that AI is most impactful when it is designed with people in mind,” said Tea Wee Keat, a Year 3 student in the Diploma in Business Information Systems at Republic Polytechnic. “The project has strengthened our technical capabilities while also challenging our creative problem-solving skills to ensure the AI-powered app works in real-world traffic conditions.”
Industry Partners Back the Push for AI Literacy
Amazon Web Services and Micron Technology are supporting the festival with interactive showcases and workshops aimed at non-technical attendees, focused on practical applications of AI agents in everyday tasks.
“Creativity comes alive when students get to tinker, remix ideas, and surprise themselves with technology,” said Elsie Tan, Country Manager, Worldwide Public Sector Singapore, at Amazon Web Services.
Joshua Lee, corporate vice president and Singapore country manager at Micron Technology, said the company aims to “create meaningful pathways for youth, educators and community partners to build practical AI capabilities and contribute to Singapore’s AI future.”
Second Edition Set for August
The AI for Good Festival will return for a second edition from 18 to 20 August 2026 at ITE College East. Organisers position the recurring format as a scalable blueprint for how Singapore can advance AI adoption responsibly and inclusively across sectors.
