India, Jan. 28 -- While artificial intelligence (AI) companies keep making impassioned pitches about the benefits of AI agents who can automate certain workflows in an enterprise environment, the Singapore government has released a new framework designed to safeguard against risks posed by the deployment of agentic AI, and to ensure responsible development of the technology. The Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) released its Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, with specific focus on the risks of this technology, and its impact on humans in the workplace.

The new framework, released this month, builds on Singapore's 2019 Model AI Governance Framework, which at the time had focused on AI principles such as t...