Singapore's Foreign Minister built his own diplomacy AI agent with Claude and WhatsApp
ifioknkem · x · 2026-09-06
Singapore's Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan revealed he built his own AI agent — a "second brain for diplomacy" — by wiring Claude into WhatsApp.
He called it what real AI adoption looks like, adding: "You cannot govern a technology you have only been briefed on." A senior government figure hands-on with AI tooling is the notable part of this story.
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