# Malaysia

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Malaysia
- **ISO code**: MY
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / South-East Asia

## In brief

Malaysia has 3 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding. Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (2021, strategy, adopted); The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (2024, guidance, guidance); Artificial Intelligence (2026, bill, proposed). Malaysia's five-year AI roadmap developed by MOSTI through a quadruple-helix consultation.

## Overview

Malaysia's five-year AI roadmap developed by MOSTI through a quadruple-helix consultation. Voluntary national guidelines that set out seven principles for responsible AI: fairness; reliability, safety and control; privacy and security; inclusiveness; transparency; accountability; and human-centricity. A proposed horizontal AI law announced for stakeholder engagement and public consultation by the Ministry of Digital through the National AI Office.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (2021, strategy, adopted); The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (2024, guidance, guidance); Artificial Intelligence (2026, bill, proposed). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025, The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics, Artificial Intelligence.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap) — Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia — https://www.mosti.gov.my/en/berita/malaysias-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-roadmap-2021-2025/
- The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (AIGE) — Malaysian Science, Technology Information Centre (MASTIC), MOSTI — https://mastic.mosti.gov.my/publication/the-national-guidelines-on-ai-governance-ethics/
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Bill (proposed) — Ministry of Digital, Malaysia — https://www.digital.gov.my/en-GB/siaran/Kementerian-Digital-Mulakan-Libat-Urus-Cadangan-Rang-Undang-Undang-Tadbir-Urus-Kecerdasan-Buatan-(AI)

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (3)

- **Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Bill (proposed)** — Bill, Proposed, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-artificial-intelligence
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-artificial-intelligence.md
- **National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap)** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-national-artificial-intelligence-roadmap-2021-2025
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-national-artificial-intelligence-roadmap-2021-2025.md
- **The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (AIGE)** — Guidance, Guidance, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-the-national-guidelines-on-ai-governance-ethics
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-the-national-guidelines-on-ai-governance-ethics.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-malaysia
- **Official source**: https://www.mosti.gov.my/en/berita/malaysias-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-roadmap-2021-2025/
- **Source document**: National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap)
- **Published by**: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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