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Reviewer to add regulators and refine.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"philippines-national-ai-strategy-for-the-philippines","id":"AIPT-POL-0153","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0153","title":"National AI Strategy for the Philippines (NAIS-PH)","short_title":"National AI Strategy for the Philippines","jurisdiction":"philippines","instrument_type":"strategy","status":"proposed","is_binding":false,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Department of Science and Technology (DOST)","summary_plain":"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. 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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_on":"2024-07-03","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.dti.gov.ph/dti-archives/dti-news-archived/dti-dti-launches-national-ai-strategy-roadmap-2-0-center-ai-research-positioning-philippines-center-excellence-ai-rampd","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:24+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/philippines-national-ai-strategy-roadmap-2-0"}]}