NUS Makes AI Mandatory, Free ChatGPT for All as Singapore's AI Boom Lifts Growth Forecast

The National University of Singapore just flipped the switch on its new AI strategy, making compulsory AI courses a graduation requirement for all 29,600 undergraduates starting August 2026. Every incoming freshman will take "Applied Generative AI: From Prompting to Evaluation," and each faculty will add discipline-specific AI modules—think "AI and Public Policy" for political science majors. On top of that, NUS is giving **all students, faculty, and staff free ChatGPT Edu...