Kazakhstan signs Central Asia's first law on artificial intelligence
Concerns Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025)
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In brief
Kazakhstan signs Central Asia's first law on artificial intelligence. Recorded for Kazakhstan on 17 November 2025. It concerns Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025). The President signed the Law on Artificial Intelligence, introducing a risk-based classification, duties for owners and operators of AI systems, labelling of AI-generated content and a national AI platform. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted.
- Date
- 17 November 2025
- Jurisdiction
- Kazakhstan
- Instrument
- Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025)
- Impact
- High
- Status afterwards
- Adopted
- Official source
- Government of Kazakhstan
What changed?
The President signed the Law on Artificial Intelligence, introducing a risk-based classification, duties for owners and operators of AI systems, labelling of AI-generated content and a national AI platform.
What does it mean in practice?
Companies deploying AI in Kazakhstan should classify systems and prepare labelling and risk-management documentation; confirm the in-force date on the official legal database.
Official source
Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital DevelopmentGovernment of Kazakhstan · 17 Nov 2025
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Kazakhstan signs Central Asia's first law on artificial intelligence” [AIPT-CHG-0119, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0119 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Government of Kazakhstan, https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mdai.
BibTeX
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author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{Kazakhstan signs Central Asia's first law on artificial intelligence}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-11-17-kazakhstan-ai-law-signed}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-11-17-kazakhstan-ai-law-signed},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
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