Author: Kristina Fong
ISEAS Perspective 2026/13
Published: 23 February 2026
The rapid proliferation of AI and the greater awareness of its capabilities and risks over the past few years have catalysed attempts to make AI development and deployment safer. In line with this, countries in Southeast Asia, as well as ASEAN as a whole, have made significant efforts to formulate guardrails around AI. For ASEAN, the release of the ASEAN Guide on AI Ethics and Governance (ASEAN AI Guide) in February 2024, followed by a supplementary guide specifically for Generative AI a year later, provided a set of holistic frameworks for the responsible design, deployment and usage of AI systems.
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