{"id":5835,"date":"2025-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:08:01","slug":"grabs-new-ai-hub-will-tackle-real-world-issues-help-underserved-communities-access-tech-create-quality-jobs-and-more-markup-1182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5835","title":{"rendered":"Grab\u2019s new AI hub will tackle real-world issues, help underserved communities access tech, create quality jobs, and more | Markup #1182"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXf8XlljIjFJD_bhOFBUSSqfVUzbC_6b6YutMYir1WmSoAvOdf19xgeIbPbyoKyLnkkk5Wdi-xdtQrYaIQllEf7vAuTHG_LOHC2IVw1i8IHZVQzqmAj80M90wGR3Pz_572jNGxgdtw?key=TUF2KwYXiPNLlaDxRcm_5g\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:464px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Grab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Centered on Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>500-backed superapp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/\">Grab<\/a> launched their first AI Centre of Excellence (AI COE) to build AI-driven solutions that improve daily life across Southeast Asia \u2014 from improving accessibility to boosting productivity and growth, and contributing to smart nation building.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By 2025, the center will create at least 50 high-value roles across engineering, data science, and product development \u2014 offering Singaporeans the opportunity to build impactful, locally-driven AI solutions with the potential to scale across international markets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key areas of the center include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Accessibility<\/strong>: Making digital services more accessible for underserved communities, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and those less familiar with technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Productivity and growth<\/strong>: Helping gig workers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners make smarter decisions, streamline their work, and boost their income through personalized, data-driven tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Smarter nations<\/strong>: Transforming real-world data into actionable solutions that improve daily life and support government initiatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43K3oF7\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centered on Excellence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-5835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-grab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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