{"slug":"malaysia-national-artificial-intelligence-roadmap-2021-2025","title":"National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap)","short_title":"National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025","jurisdiction":"malaysia","instrument_type":"strategy","status":"adopted","is_binding":false,"issuing_body":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)","summary_plain":"Malaysia's five-year AI roadmap developed by MOSTI through a quadruple-helix consultation. It sets strategic thrusts on governance, R&D, infrastructure, talent and adoption, and identifies national use cases in five priority sectors: agriculture and forestry, healthcare, smart cities and transport, education and public services. It is guided by responsible AI principles including fairness, transparency, accountability and privacy.","adopted_on":"2021-12-01","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.mosti.gov.my/en/berita/malaysias-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-roadmap-2021-2025/","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:04+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malaysia-national-artificial-intelligence-roadmap-2021-2025","status_note":"Exact adoption/launch date not stated on official pages; the MASTIC file is dated 19 Oct 2021 and third-party trackers cite adoption on 1 Dec 2021, so 2021-12-01 is used as a month-level date. Superseded in 2026 by the Ministry of Digital's AI Nation 2030 direction.","scope_summary":"Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). Oversight: MOSTI with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation. Stated purpose: Build a national AI innovation ecosystem to raise productivity and competitiveness.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2021-12-01: AI-Rmap 2021-2025 adopted by MOSTI; 2024-09-01: National Guidelines on AI Governance and Ethics issued under the roadmap","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.","taxonomy":[],"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap)","publisher":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia","url":"https://www.mosti.gov.my/en/berita/malaysias-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-roadmap-2021-2025/","document_date":"2021-12-01","document_type":"strategy","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"},{"title":"AI-Rmap 2021-2025 adopted by MOSTI","publisher":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia","url":"https://mastic.mosti.gov.my/publication/artificial-intelligence-roadmap-2021-2025/","document_date":"2021-12-01","document_type":"official","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"},{"title":"National Guidelines on AI Governance and Ethics issued under the roadmap","publisher":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia","url":"https://mastic.mosti.gov.my/publication/the-national-guidelines-on-ai-governance-ethics/","document_date":"2024-09-01","document_type":"official","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.mosti.gov.my/en/berita/malaysias-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-roadmap-2021-2025/","source_title":"National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (AI-Rmap)","source_publisher":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia","source_document_date":"2021-12-01","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Imported from the source-backed legacy dataset (database/data/ai_policies.json); fields limited to what the official source page states. Reviewer to enrich scope, dates and obligations.","reviewed_by":null}}