KUALA LUMPUR: The National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 is expected to be tabled in December this year, focusing on specific sectors and key areas such as governance, society and industry.
Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the plan, which is currently being developed by the National Artificial Intelligence Office (NAIO), forms part of Malaysia's readiness efforts to support the country's aspiration of becoming an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven nation by 2030.
"Key areas that we will be looking at is of course governance, and it is going to be a document that expands on what we already have with the Artificial Intelligence Governance and Ethics (AIGE) framework which we launched last year. What we want to do is to make sure that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's vision of creating an AI nation by the year 2030 is realised.
"So you have to look at specific sectors; the key areas of course are government, society and the industries as well," he told Bernama after the United Kingdom-ASEAN AI Innovation Summit 2025 here today.
Gobind said the National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 is a document that will also bring together the challenges that these three key areas will face.
During his keynote speech, the minister said Malaysia is now on track to become ASEAN's data centre hub, projected to host two-thirds of regional capacity by 2035, supported by a world class 5G network. He added that strong infrastructure must be matched with trustworthy policies.
He noted that this year, Malaysia has introduced a National Cloud Computing Policy to ensure a secure, sovereign, and sustainable cloud future, and is also currently drafting a digital trust and data security strategy to strengthen resilience further.
"We are also in the process of establishing a National Data Commission, which will have oversight on data governance in Malaysia, establishing trusted data flows and safeguarding data rights. We are also expanding government digital data through a public sector data digitalisation policy and establishing a National Data Bank - a trusted repository of high quality datasets from various ministries and sectors," he added. - Bernama
