Qualampur: Malaysia is developing a National AI Trust Framework to guide the responsible use, build a public trust and position the country as a regional leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance.
Digital Minister Gobind Singh Dev said that the National AI office started looking at the AI Trust Framework earlier this year.
He said, “We are engaged with industry players, academics, civil society, ministries and agencies. This is still a work. We have a trust framework that is Malaysia-centric and is in line with our society’s needs,” he told reporters in PWC Malaysia’s AI leadership conference 2025 today.
Gobind said that Malaysia is searching for a regulatory environment to oversee the moral deployment of AI, resolve emerging data rights, implement developed standards and serve as reliable patron of public interest.
“This requires devices such as regulator sandbox, algorithm audit, model registries, and risk-calibrated compliance routes that reflect the diversity and complexity of AI applications.”
Gobind said that the government is reviewing the global model.
“All over the world, nations are embedding in the main architecture of their digital economies.”
For example, the European Union has introduced data portability rights under general data protection regulation and is emphasizing algorithm transparency through the AI Act.
“China, meanwhile, is developing a sovereign data governance model through its individual information protection law and national data exchanges, combining centralized control with structured innovation,” he said.
In addition, Gobind said that the AI regime should also be addressed regional.
“The question is how we shape our national policy and then increase it to ASEAN levels to identify ways to work together.”
As the ASEAN chair this year, Malaysia aims to lead regional cooperation on AI rule and trust.
He said, “We will host an ASEAN AI Summit in August, where we intend to raise these issues and find out how we can jointly develop a framework to support the AI Safety Ecosystem throughout the region,” he said.
The Malaysia asks for strong ASEAN cooperation to establish reliable AI and moral data regime to establish general principles and inter -disciplined outlines.
“In one area, as dynamic and diverse, the alignment is not only strategic – it is necessary,” he said.
Gobind said that Malaysia has well deployed well to serve as a reliable partner in innovation, a regional convenor, and co-developed governance model that shapes the digital future of Southeast Asia.
Since his appointment, the Digital Ministry has ruled the Cyber Security Act 2024 in August 2024 to strengthen Malaysia’s cyber rescue. This gazes to strengthen the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 in October 2024 to strengthen data protection and align with international standards.
In December 2024, the Data sharing Act 2024 was passed to enable data exchange among public sector agencies.
