A plain-language reference to the acronyms and bodies that recur across Malaysian AI policy. Terms are listed roughly in the order they appear in the roadmap and the policy timeline.
National AI RoadmapAI-Rmap
Malaysia’s first national AI strategy (2021–2025), published by MOSTI. Six strategies, eleven use cases. Archive.
Ministry of Science, Technology & InnovationMOSTI
The ministry that authored the AI-Rmap and, in 2024, the AIGE guidelines.
AI Coordination & Implementation UnitAI-CIU
The apex coordinating body the roadmap proposed to run national AI — never established as designed. Detail.
Ministry of DigitalKD / KDM
Dedicated digital ministry established 12 December 2023, which took over the national AI mandate. The handoff.
National AI OfficeNAIO
Malaysia’s central AI authority, launched 12 December 2024 under the Ministry of Digital. Profile.
National Guidelines on AI Governance & EthicsAIGE
Voluntary AI ethics guidelines launched by MOSTI on 20 September 2024, built on seven principles. Detail.
Quadruple HelixGAIS
The roadmap’s partnership model: Government, Academia, Industry and Society. Concept.
AI Innovation EcosystemAI-IE
The roadmap’s organising concept, with the AI-Catalyst as its hub.
AI Technology Action Plan 2026–2030
The successor national AI strategy prepared by NAIO. Detail.
MyDIGITAL Corporation
The agency, under the Ministry of Digital, that incubated NAIO for its first year.
Malaysia Digital Economy CorporationMDEC
The agency driving Malaysia’s digital economy and the Malaysia Digital (MD) status programme.
Digital Ecosystem AccelerationDESAC
The 2022 tax-incentive scheme behind much of the data-centre boom. Detail.
Government AI Readiness IndexGARI
Oxford Insights’ annual index of national AI readiness, used here to benchmark Malaysia. Tracker.
Personal Data Protection ActPDPA
Malaysia’s data-protection law (Act 709), amended in 2025 with new rules relevant to AI.
Sources & method
Definitions compiled by airmap.my for reference. Where a term has a dedicated page, it is linked. Full sources: airmap.my/sources.
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