Under the Radar: What to watch at OpenAI’s 1st Forum in Asia, and what to know about its museum partnership with the Peranakan Museum

Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian

Money Matter’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian was at Sentosa to attend the Asia Tech x Singapore or ATx Summit held at Capella Singapore.

Organised by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore or the IMDA, the event covers a range of topics such as agentic and embodied AI, space satellite and communications, quantum compute and digital sustainability through a series of plenary sessions.

There is also a variety of forums and roundtables to facilitate closer partnerships between the public sector and the digital industry.

Among them, is the first OpenAI Forum in Asia. The series is aimed at sparking thoughtful dialogue on how AI can enhance culture, society, and everyday life.

The forum session dived into OpenAI’s first ever museum partnership in Asia, with the Peranakan Museum and in collaboration with Ask Mona, a French AI studio that specialises in cultural experiences.

In a pilot collaboration, they came up with ways for museum visitors to speak to artifacts like a kamcheng jar or the traditional Peranakan attire using AI-generated conversations, and provide a fresh and interactive way to connect people with heritage ahead of Singapore’s SG60 celebrations.

Tian Tian found out more about the experience from Sandy Kunvatanagarn, Head of APAC Policy at OpenAI.

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