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How is Isentia responding to AI reshaping communications leadership?

The role of communications professionals is evolving rapidly. AI is now actively shaping how organisations build trust, manage reputation, and engage key audiences, moving beyond theoretical discussions. Gartner’s latest forecasts for Chief Communications Officers (CCOs) highlight a growing profession under increased scrutiny. Traditional methods such as press releases and media relationships are no longer sufficient. […]

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Social listening frameworks in Singapore: why the publicly available data exemption is not a free pass

Singapore’s PDPA is the most permissive data protection framework in Southeast Asia for social listening, thanks to its exemption for publicly available data. But “permissive” does not mean “unregulated.” Organisations that treat the exemption as blanket permission to collect, store, and analyse social media data without governance are exposing themselves to compliance risk — particularly

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Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nano

MIT.nano has announced that 16 startups became active participants in its START.nano program in 2025, more than doubling the number of new companies from the previous year. Aimed at speeding the transition of hard-tech innovation to market, START.nano supports new ventures through the discounted use of MIT.nano shared facilities and a guided access to the

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How Singapore’s public sector uses social listening for policy feedback

Singapore government agencies increasingly rely on social listening to gauge public reaction to policy announcements, track emerging citizen concerns, and detect misinformation before it escalates. With 88.2 percent social media penetration and public discourse spread across English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil, effective government social listening in Singapore requires multilingual monitoring capabilities that most global tools

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SAP and ANYbotics drive industrial adoption of physical AI

Heavy industry relies on people to inspect hazardous, dirty facilities. It’s expensive, and putting humans in these zones carries obvious safety risks. Swiss robot maker ANYbotics and software company SAP are trying to change that. ANYbotics’ four-legged autonomous robots will be connected straight into SAP’s backend enterprise resource planning software. Instead of treating a robot

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MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab seed to signal: Amplifying early-career faculty impact

The early years of faculty members’ careers are a formative and exciting time in which to establish a firm footing that helps determine the trajectory of researchers’ studies. This includes building a research team, which demands innovative ideas and direction, creative collaborators, and reliable resources. For a group of MIT faculty working with and on artificial

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Analysing Australia’s higher education landscape in 2025 amidst policy changes

Australia has been a hot destination in higher education for international students, but with recent policy changes and growing anxiety around housing, the student journey has seen a shift, impacting intake into the top Australian universities and making the process a bit unpredictable. As we zoom into the Southeast Asian region, we uncover what priorities

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The pinball effect: why aren’t stories travelling a linear path anymore?

The good old days of communications were simple. Drafting a press release, pitching it to the popular, credible outlets/publications like The Straits Times or The Australian, and waiting for the morning edition to drop was a straightforward, linear track.  Today, that train track is gone. In its place, we now have a pinball machine. If

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Driving American battery innovation forward

Advancements in battery innovation are transforming both mobility and energy systems alike, according to Kurt Kelty, vice president of battery, propulsion, and sustainability at General Motors (GM). At the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) Fall Colloquium, Kelty explored how GM is bringing next-generation battery technologies from lab to commercialization, driving American battery innovation forward. The colloquium

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MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway

Norway is the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon and a top exporter of seafood, while the United States remains the largest importer of these products, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Two MIT students recently traveled to Trondheim, Norway to explore the cutting-edge technologies being developed and deployed in offshore aquaculture. Beckett Devoe,

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