AI policy updates, December 2023

Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister

Milestone recorded for Surat Edaran Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 9 Tahun 2023 tentang Etika Kecerdasan Artifisial (Indonesia): Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

ISO/IEC 42001, the first AI management-system standard, is published

ISO and IEC published ISO/IEC 42001:2023, a certifiable management-system standard for organisations developing, providing or using AI, with lifecycle controls in Annex A.

Practical impact: Organisations can certify AI governance; procurement and regulators increasingly reference it as evidence.

Israel adopts a sector-based, risk-based national AI regulation and ethics policy

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Justice published Israel's AI policy, preferring sector regulation and soft tools over a horizontal law, with common ethical principles and a coordination centre.

Practical impact: Organisations in Israel should expect sector regulators, not a single AI law, to set requirements.

NAIS 2.0 launched by DPM Lawrence Wong

Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2.0 (Singapore): NAIS 2.0 launched by DPM Lawrence Wong. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.