Calvin Woo (MyCentre4IR) highlighted that good governance encourages more innovation as it instils trust.

Dr Tan Jun-E (Khazanah Research Institute) urged stakeholders to keep up with developments at the frontier of AI development and focus on how AI technologies can be adopted and governed.

Rohit Kumar (RiskAI Technologies GmbH) emphasised on the importance of data sharing in cross-border AI governance as the infrastructure is crucial to respond to incidents involving AI.

Darmain Segaran (AI Malaysia Berhad) assured that safety is on track to becoming a mainstream framing in instruments surrounding AI governance in Malaysia, with an action plan on governance being developed.

Session 3 on ‘Governance in a human-machine region’ moderated by Samantha Khoo (ISIS Malaysia) discusses how Malaysia can balance innovation and investment with accountability and public interest safeguards. #RealisinganAInation

Jason Wee (Architects of Diversity) questioned the spectrum of AI models’ responses to contentious questions, while stressing the responsibility of platforms to adhere to safety by design.

Prof Andrew Campbell (University of Sydney) introduced psychological analyses on the impact of AI usage, emphasising the need to understand its impact on psychological development of individuals.

Vinorra Shaker (Asia Pacific University) pointed out the risks that AI poses to the education system and the learning abilities of children, primarily in the area of metacognitive changes.

In Session 2 on ‘Truth, hallucination and social cohesion’ moderated by Nabila Hussain (Microsoft), panelists explore the potential impact of AI’s epistemic authority on Malaysian society and the question if uneven deployment of AI can affect social cohesion. #RealisinganAInation

YB @LiewChinTong delivered the second keynote address, highlighting that Malaysia must aim to own more technologies, rather than just remain a user. He introduced “three middles” – in the global supply chain, to be geopolitically in the middle and build a strong middle class.