More leaders joined AI trainings in 2025 but confidence gaps remain: report

Despite this increase, only 47% of companies report offering tailored AI programs.

Leadership participation in artificial intelligence training in Singapore surged to 62% in 2025, a significant jump from 42% in 2024, according to a General Assembly report.

Despite this increase, fewer than half (47%) of companies report offering tailored AI programs specifically for their leadership teams.

Confidence in making AI-related vendor decisions rose to 74% amongst leaders, with 57% reporting knowledge of responsible AI use; but security confidence lags with only 30% of leaders expressing being ‘somewhat confident’ in secure AI use, whilst 13% are ‘not at all’ to ‘not very confident’.

Encouragement from leaders for teams to adopt AI at work also climbed sharply to 73%, yet, only 28% of companies provide regular AI training for their general employees.

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