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AI regulation in the Philippines

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 2 instruments · 0 binding

Overview

An updated national AI roadmap launched by DTI together with the Center for AI Research, building on the 2021 roadmap and adding generative AI. A national AI strategy proposed by DOST at National Innovation Day 2025, structured around five core strategies: infrastructure, workforce, innovation, ethics and policy, and deployment, phased from 2024 to 2028.

What is the current regulatory status?

Instruments on record: National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0 (2024, strategy, adopted); National AI Strategy for the Philippines (2025, strategy, proposed). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0, National AI Strategy for the Philippines.

Key policy instruments

Philippines National strategy Proposed

National AI Strategy for the Philippines

National AI Strategy for the Philippines (NAIS-PH)

A national AI strategy proposed by DOST at National Innovation Day 2025, structured around five core strategies: infrastructure, workforce, innovation, ethics and policy, and deployment, phased from 2024 to 2028. It includes a national high-performance computing centre, AI micro-credentials and an AI hub linking regional industries to solutions, coordinated with DICT, DepEd, CHED, TESDA, DTI and others. DOST later launched NAICRI as its institutional backbone.

Adopted 30 Apr 2025 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
Philippines National strategy Adopted

National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0

National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0 (NAISR 2.0)

An updated national AI roadmap launched by DTI together with the Center for AI Research, building on the 2021 roadmap and adding generative AI. It aims to strengthen entrepreneurship and competitiveness, improve public services, support responsible governance of AI and identify investment and R&D priorities. CAIR is intended to serve as a national AI research hub for industry-relevant solutions.

Adopted 3 Jul 2024 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

How to use this information

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

Official government and regulator sources

  1. National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0 (NAISR 2.0)
    Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines · 2024-07-03 · Tier 1 source
  2. National AI Strategy for the Philippines (NAIS-PH)
    Department of Science and Technology, Philippines · 2025-04-30 · Tier 1 source

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