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National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 (AI Nation 2030)

Pelan Tindakan AI Kebangsaan 2026-2030 (Negara AI 2030)

Record MY-03

Issued by
Ministry of Digital, Malaysia (coordinated by AI Malaysia Berhad / National AI Office)
Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Level · region
National · South & Southeast Asia
Published / adopted
2026
Language
English, Malay

Summary

Malaysia's five-year national AI plan (AI Nation 2030), issued by the Ministry of Digital with AI Malaysia (National AI Office) as secretariat. Its 'Trust via Responsible Governance' enablers propose a hybrid, risk-based framework with a central AI governance authority and a principles-based regulatory framework of definitions, risk tiers and obligations as the basis for future AI legislation; a national AI Trust Function to issue AI safety and security standards, oversee testing and certification, keep a public AI incident registry and lead the ASEAN AI Safety Network; board-level AI governance; and AI training before officials approve or oversee government AI systems.

Safety topics

risk-based classificationevaluation & testingincident reportingpublic-sector useaccountability & liabilityinternational cooperation

Scope

Borderline scope A national AI action plan mainly about adoption and growth, with enablers on governance, an AI Trust Function and safety standards; suggested scope_note: 'National AI plan whose main content is adoption and economic growth; included for its Trust via Responsible Governance enablers on risk-based regulation, safety standards, testing and incident reporting.'

Status notes

The Ministry of Digital's press statement of 28 Jul 2026 says the government introduced the plan that day, at the launch of AI Malaysia Berhad, which institutionalised the National AI Office set up on 12 Dec 2024. At the same launch it announced the Malaysia AI Safety Institute (Institut Keselamatan AI Malaysia), a role AI Malaysia is to carry out, and an AI Governance Bill (RUU Tadbir Urus AI) being drafted on a risk-based approach, open to public consultation and targeted for completion by the end of 2026. The plan is published in English and Malay and bears a 2026 copyright of the Ministry of Digital. Oversight lies with the National Digital Economy and 4IR Council (MED4IRN), chaired by the Prime Minister, with AI Malaysia as central secretariat. The plan builds on the National Guidelines on AI Governance and Ethics (AIGE), which it cites as published by MOSTI in 2023, and on the Data Sharing Act 2025 (Act 864). E14 proposes amendments to the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance on board oversight and disclosure of AI.

Sources

Open the official source https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/AI_Nation_2030_National_AI_Action_Plan_2026_2030_EN_V_180826_ddf0221683.pdf

Secondary source: https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/28072026_SIARAN_MEDIA_AI_MALAYSIA_PEMACU_UTAMA_MENUJU_NEGARA_AI_2030_a6f8fbbbf3.pdf

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 06:48:14 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/MY-03/2026-10-18/official.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-18 06:48:20 UTC
SHA-256 25e6058c2e7309419397465bbbadca4d9909b514fdea3567702b344063157dd2
Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/MY-03/2026-10-18/secondary.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-18 06:48:23 UTC
SHA-256 19891a2b5b321f1e6e5c890172a5606f40311fa28a7955d0dde1f74bae5100ab

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched
Refresh of 18 Oct 2026. Stored in this run: the plan's English PDF (104 pages, from strapi.naio.okie.my, AI Malaysia's content server, which a maintainer recorded as an official host; identical to the copy stored on 11 Oct 2026), now the official_url; the plan's Malay PDF (same host), the source of original_title; and the Ministry of Digital's Malay press statement of 28 Jul 2026 (same host), now the secondary_url. Also stored: AI Malaysia's homepage (ai.gov.my, the previous official_url, copy of 18 Oct 2026), which links both PDFs. The plan states no date beyond its 2026 copyright, so date_published is 2026 and the day the plan was introduced, from the press statement, is in the notes. The file names of both PDFs refer to a version of 18 Aug 2026, three weeks after the launch, so the text read may be a revised edition of what was introduced on 28 Jul 2026. The stored English text is complete, including E11 to E14 and Part 5; E11 proposes a regulatory framework as the foundation for future AI legislation.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 6 field(s) supported, fixes applied to scope_note.

History

  1. 2026-10-18scope_note: – → A national AI action plan mainly about adoption and growth, with enablers on gov — pipeline run 2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 (refresh), candidate MY-032026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-18notes: The government introduced the plan on 28 Jul 2026 at the launch of AI Malaysia B → The Ministry of Digital's press statement of 28 Jul 2026 says the government int — first sentence now names the press statement as the source of the day2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-18secondary_url: https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/AI_Nation_2030_National_AI_Action_Plan_2026_ → https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/28072026_SIARAN_MEDIA_AI_MALAYSIA_PEMACU_UTA — the Ministry of Digital's press statement of 28 Jul 2026, which gives the day the plan was introduced and backs the notes on the launch, replaces the English PDF, now the official_url2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  4. 2026-10-18official_url: https://ai.gov.my/ → https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/AI_Nation_2030_National_AI_Action_Plan_2026_ — the record pointed at AI Malaysia's homepage, which links the plan but is not its text; the English PDF, the plan's own text, becomes official_url (rule 7c)2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  5. 2026-10-18date_published: 2026-07-28 → 2026 — the plan's own text gives only the year (its 2026 copyright); the day (28 Jul 2026) rests on the press statement, an announcement, so it moves to the notes (rule 7b)2026-10-18-refresh-level-rule-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  6. 2026-10-18notes: The plan PDF is linked from the official ai.gov.my homepage but hosted on the NA → The government introduced the plan on 28 Jul 2026 at the launch of AI Malaysia B — version 1's remarks on a truncated text and on no mention of an AI Act are no longer true and were removed; the host and file-name remarks moved to verification.note; the 28 Jul 2026 launch with the AI Safety Institute and the AI Governance Bill, the governance structure (MED4IRN), the AIGE citation, Act 864 and E14 added2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  7. 2026-10-18safety_topics: ["risk-based classification", "evaluation & testing", "public-sector use", "acco → ["risk-based classification", "evaluation & testing", "incident reporting", "pub — added incident reporting (E12: public AI incident registry, mandated reporting of AI incidents to the AI Trust Function) and international cooperation (E12: ASEAN AI Safety Network)2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  8. 2026-10-18summary: Malaysia's flagship AI plan to 2030. Its 'Trust via Responsible Governance' pill → Malaysia's five-year national AI plan (AI Nation 2030), issued by the Ministry o — rewritten from the full stored text: version 1 rested on a truncated reading; E11's central AI governance authority and regulatory framework as the basis for future AI legislation, and E12's safety standards, incident registry and ASEAN AI Safety Network, made explicit; 'flagship' dropped2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  9. 2026-10-18date_published: – → 2026-07-28 — the Ministry of Digital's press statement of 28 Jul 2026 says the government introduced the plan at the AI Malaysia launch that day ('Bersempena dengan pelancaran ini, Kerajaan turut memperkenalkan Pelan Tindakan AI Kebangsaan 2026-2030')2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

Ministry of Digital, Malaysia (coordinated by AI Malaysia Berhad / National AI Office). National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 (AI Nation 2030). 2026. https://strapi.naio.okie.my/uploads/AI_Nation_2030_National_AI_Action_Plan_2026_2030_EN_V_180826_ddf0221683.pdf. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/MY-03/2026-10-18/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-18 06:48:20 UTC, SHA-256 25e6058c2e7309419397465bbbadca4d9909b514fdea3567702b344063157dd2. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record MY-03.

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