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Expanded ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics, Generative AI (2025)

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Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.

Expanded edition addressing generative AI, published 13 January 2025 and launched at the 5th ASEAN Digital Ministers' Meeting (16-17 January 2025). Supplements the 2024 Guide with six GenAI risk categories, nine policy recommendation areas, and four ASEAN use cases including Singapore's Project Moonshot. Voluntary.

From the source
“This document supplements and supports the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024) with policy considerations related to generative AI (Gen AI).”
Expanded ASEAN Guide (Jan 2025), Executive Summary

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Instrument record

Short name: ASEAN GenAI Guide
Date: 2025-01-13
Version: Not versioned
Cluster: asean

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AgencyASEAN SecretariatGuidance

Cites1

InstrumentASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics (2024)Guidance
Expanded edition supplements and supports the 2024 Guide for generative AI

Cited by1

InstrumentASEAN Responsible AI Roadmap (2025-2030)Guidance
Roadmap complements the Guide and the GenAI expanded edition

Maps across to1

InstrumentModel AI Governance Framework for Generative AI (2024)GuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
ASEAN GenAI focus areas mirror Singapore's GenAI MGF dimensions; Singapore championed the regional guide

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