
"The drafting is ongoing and it could be completed towards the end of the year before it is endorsed by ASEAN members," one official told Reuters. Senior Southeast Asian officials said the so-called ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics was taking shape and would try to balance the economic benefits of the technology with its many risks. Ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed in February on the need to develop an ASEAN "AI guide" for the region of 668 million people, but details of the discussions among regional policymakers have not previously been reported. Regulators across the world are rushing to draft regulations to govern the use of generative AI, which can create text and images and is engendering excitement as well as fear about its potential to reshape a wide range of industries.

Southeast Asian countries are drawing up governance and ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) that will impose "guardrails" on the booming technology, five officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Reuters | Updated: 16-06-2023 13:40 IST | Created: 16-06-2023 13:35 IST Representative Image Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
