Singapore is leading the AI race in Southeast Asia, a region emerging as an artificial intelligence hotspot as start-ups draw significant investments and major players seek expansion, according to an industry report.Some 680 AI start-ups attracted more than US$2.3 billion of investments across Southeast Asia in the 12 months to June, accounting for 32 per cent of private funding in the region, research from Google, Singapore’s state investor Temasek and management consultancy Bain & Company...