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Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI (2025): requirements, deadlines and compliance actions

Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI

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

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.

Who does it apply to?

Voluntary; developers and deployers of generative AI across ASEAN.

When do the requirements apply?

Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.

Official sources

  1. Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics – Generative AI
    ASEAN Secretariat · 17 Jan 2025 · Tier 1 source

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