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Live Tracker · Malaysia AI Policy

Malaysia AI Policy Tracker

The live second act of Malaysian AI governance — the institutions, documents and laws that followed the 2021 roadmap, on one timeline.

Lead body NAIOEthics AIGE 2024Next plan 2026–2030

If the 2021 roadmap was Malaysia’s first act in AI policy, this is the live second act. Since 2023, Malaysian AI governance has moved fast: a new Ministry of Digital, a National AI Office, a set of ethics guidelines, three technology Bills, and a successor five-year plan. This tracker keeps the timeline straight and the documents in one place.

It is independent analysis — not a government page — and it tries to do what official sources rarely do: show the through-line, and be honest about what is in force versus what is still a promise.

Dec 2024
National AI Office launched
7
NAIO first-year deliverables
2026–30
New National AI Action Plan
Top 20
Global AI-readiness goal by 2030
The timeline

Malaysian AI policy since the roadmap

2021
National AI Roadmap (AI-Rmap) — MOSTI
The founding five-year plan. Read the full archive and the four-year review.
Dec 2023
Ministry of Digital created
AI’s centre of gravity moves from MOSTI to a dedicated digital ministry under Gobind Singh Deo.
Aug–Sep 2024
AIGE guidelines & the Cybersecurity Act
MOSTI launches the National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (20 Sep); the Cybersecurity Act is gazetted; PDPA amendments follow.
Dec 2024
National AI Office (NAIO) launched
Cabinet-approved 28 Aug, launched 12 Dec under the Ministry of Digital. Full profile →
2025
Execution year
AI Malaysia (AIM) platform; Gemini rolled out to 445,000 officers; the AI Action Plan drafted; PDPA profiling/ADM rules prepared.
Dec 2025 → 2026
AI Action Plan 2026–2030 tabled
A successor five-year plan, targeting a top-20 global AI-readiness position. Details →

The live policy stack

Institution
National AI Office (NAIO)
Mandate, leadership, budget & the seven deliverables.
Strategy
AI Action Plan 2026–2030
The roadmap’s successor.
Governance
AI Governance & the coming law
AIGE today; a risk-based AI bill next.
History
Roadmap vs Reality
How the first plan fared.
Sources & method

Compiled by airmap.my from public announcements and reporting (2023–2026), including the establishment of the Ministry of Digital and NAIO, the AIGE launch, the Cybersecurity Act 2024, PDPA amendments, and the National AI Action Plan 2026–2030. Full sources: airmap.my/sources. Independent of MOSTI, the Ministry of Digital and NAIO.