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AI regulation in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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In brief

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding. Voluntary regional guides (2024, 2025); no binding ASEAN AI regulation. Regulators include ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (ADGMIN). Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

Type
Supranational
Region
Asia
Instruments recorded
2
Binding instruments
0
In force
0
Regulators
ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (ADGMIN)
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Verification
Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026

Overview

ASEAN has chosen voluntary, regionally harmonised guidance rather than binding regulation: the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (February 2024) sets principles and a governance framework for member states and organisations, and the Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (January 2025) addresses generative-AI risks. Member states retain their own instruments; Singapore's Model AI Governance Framework strongly influenced the guide.

What is the current regulatory status?

Voluntary regional guides (2024, 2025); no binding ASEAN AI regulation.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024); Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025).

Key policy instruments

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Guidance Guidance

ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024)

ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics

Endorsed at the 4th ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting in February 2024, the guide sets seven guiding principles (transparency and explainability, fairness and equity, security and safety, human-centricity, privacy and data governance, accountability and integrity, robustness and reliability) and a four-part governance framework (internal governance structures, human involvement in decision-making, operations management, stakeholder interaction), with national and regional recommendations including an ASEAN working group on AI governance.

Adopted 2 Feb 2024 Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Guidance Guidance

Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025)

Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI

Endorsed in January 2025, the expanded guide addresses risks specific to generative AI (hallucination, deepfakes and misinformation, intellectual property, privacy, security, bias, embedded values) and proposes governance dimensions covering accountability, data, development and deployment, incident reporting, testing and assurance, security, content provenance, safety research and public-interest use, with policy recommendations for member states.

Adopted 17 Jan 2025 Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review) Official source

Instruments at a glance

Native-language names are shown where the record carries one; a blank means the source is in English or the name is not yet recorded.

AI policy instruments recorded for ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
InstrumentTypeStatusBindingKey dateSource
ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024) Guidance Guidance Voluntary Official
Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025) Guidance Guidance Voluntary Official

Timeline

Every dated event on the recorded instruments: publication, adoption, entry into force, application and deadlines. Future dates are marked.

  1. · ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024) adopted
  2. · Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025) adopted

No future deadlines are recorded for ASEAN; past milestones are listed on each policy page. New dates reach the calendar feed: ASEAN feed · how it works

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Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

  1. Use the ASEAN guides as the regional baseline, then check each member state's own instruments.
  2. The guides are voluntary; obligations arise from national data-protection, consumer and sector law.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics
    ASEAN Secretariat · 2024-02-02 · Tier 1 source

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “AI regulation in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)”. https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/asean (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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  author       = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
  title        = {{AI regulation in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/asean}},
  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/asean},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
  note         = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026}
}

Frequently asked questions

Does ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) have an AI law?

No binding AI-specific law is recorded for ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The instruments recorded are non-binding: strategies, guidance or standards.

Who regulates AI in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?

ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (ADGMIN) (Endorses regional digital and AI guidance).

What is the status of AI regulation in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?

Voluntary regional guides (2024, 2025); no binding ASEAN AI regulation.

What is binding and what is only guidance in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024); Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025).

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