The ASEAN digital economy is on track to hit US$1 trillion in value by 2030 and this scale urgently requires shared safety frameworks.
With AI rapidly being embedded into finance, logistics, healthcare, border control, hiring systems, and education - the risks multiply: biased algorithms, opaque surveillance, exploitative data extraction, cross-border cyber-harms, and unequal access to AI-driven productivity gains.
NIAGA SPOTLIGHT features Fabian Bigar, Secretary-General, Ministry of Digital, detailing Malaysia’s efforts: the ASEAN AI Safety Network (in feasibility planning now), how the National AI Office sets the baseline, and what regional guardrails mean for business, SMEs, and everyday users.
