Model AI Governance Framework, 2nd Edition (2020)
Is this legally binding?
Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.
Singapore's sector- and technology-agnostic guidance translating AI ethics principles into implementable organisational practices across four areas: internal governance, human involvement in AI-augmented decisions, operations management, and stakeholder communication. 1st edition Jan 2019; 2nd edition Jan 2020.
From the source
“The Model Framework focuses primarily on four broad areas: internal governance structures and measures, human involvement in AI-augmented decision-making, operations management and stakeholder interaction and communication.”
Preamble, p.8; Section 3, pp.19-63
Instrument record
- Short name
- MGF 2.0
- Date
- 2020-01-22
- Version
- 2nd Edition
- Cluster
- core
What this connects to
27 relations. Official relations are the ones the source documents state; anything marked GAGE analysis is our reading, not an agency's.
Contains8
- SectionGuiding principles of the Model FrameworkGuidance
- SectionArea 1: Internal Governance Structures and MeasuresGuidance
- SectionArea 2: Determining the Level of Human Involvement in AI-augmented Decision-makingGuidance
- SectionArea 3: Operations ManagementGuidance
- SectionArea 4: Stakeholder Interaction and CommunicationGuidance
- SectionAnnex A: Compilation of AI ethical principlesGuidance
- SectionAnnex B: Algorithmic accountability and auditsGuidance
- InstrumentImplementation and Self-Assessment Guide for Organisations (ISAGO), 2020Guidance
ISAGO is the self-assessment companion guide to the Model Framework
Operationalised by2
- ConceptSector- and technology-agnostic designGuidance
- InstrumentAI Verify Testing Framework and ToolkitGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Government-built testing tooling that operationalises Model AI Governance Framework principles into testable criteria
Issued by2
Applied to by2
- EventLaunch of Model AI Governance Framework, 1st editionGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Milestone event for the instrument
- EventLaunch of Model AI Governance Framework, 2nd editionGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
Milestone event for the instrument
Cited by8
- InstrumentModel AI Governance Framework for Generative AI (2024)Guidance
GenAI MGF exec summary: MGF released 2019, updated 2020; framework expands on the existing Model Framework for traditional AI
- SectionDimension 3: Trusted Development and DeploymentGuidance
GenAI MGF footnote 2: MGF focus incorporated into and expanded under Trusted Development and Deployment dimension
- InstrumentModel AI Governance Framework for Agentic AIGuidance
Agentic MGF s.2: builds on the responsible AI practices set out in MGF (2020), footnote 14
- SectionISAGO Section 1: Objectives of deploying AIGuidanceGAGE analysis, not official
ISAGO Section 1 frames ethical business-case development consistent with the Model Framework's guiding principles
- InstrumentPDPC Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in AI Recommendation and Decision Systems (1 Mar 2024)Guidance
Para 10.9 refers organisations to the Model AI Governance Framework (stakeholder interaction) and ISAGO
- InstrumentPrinciples to Promote Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency (FEAT) in the Use of AI and Data Analytics in Singapore's Financial SectorSupervisory expectation
FEAT para 1.4: MAS worked with PDPC and IMDA to align the Principles with IMDA's AI governance initiatives; PDPC's Model AI Governance Framework is 'complementary to this document'
- InstrumentConsultation Paper on Proposed Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management for Financial Institutions (P017-2025)Consultation
CP para 2.7/footnote 9: Guidelines complement national initiatives such as IMDA's Model AI Governance Framework
- InstrumentMindForge AI Risk Management Toolkit (Project MindForge phase 2)Guidance
Operationalisation Handbook Appendix C gives 'special emphasis' to the AI Verify Foundation Model AI Governance Framework
Maps across to3
- InstrumentPersonal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012)BindingGAGE analysis, not official
Sector- and technology-agnostic guidance intended to complement legal requirements incl. PDPA; not a substitute
- External frameworkClause 6: PlanningStandardGAGE analysis, not official
MGF2's risk-based orientation parallels AIMS risk/opportunity planning
- External frameworkClause 10: ImprovementStandardGAGE analysis, not official
MGF2's iterative framework updates parallel AIMS continual improvement
Mapped across from2
- InstrumentASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA)EmergingGAGE analysis, not official
DEFA's pro-innovation AI provisions reflect Singapore-influenced regional baseline shaped by MGF practice
- InstrumentNIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0GuidanceUSGAGE analysis, not official
Both are the voluntary national AI governance framework of their jurisdiction: neither is law, both are what a regulator or a contract will point at
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