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A peek at Malaysia's draft AI bill

Ahead of next week's public release.

Jul 04, 2026
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Malaysia is preparing to table its first law to govern artificial intelligence (AI), per a consultation document sighted by The Malaysianist.

The National AI Office (NAIO) recently produced a paper, marked “for discussion purposes only,” containing six fact sheets intended to gather public feedback.

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