Malaysia is exploring the possibility of introducing legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) as part of efforts to address emerging legal challenges in the digital era, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.
At a press conference on Monday (June 16), Azalina said she has written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to propose a meeting between the Legal Affairs Division and the Digital Ministry to begin discussions on drafting AI-related laws.
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At a press conference on Monday (June 16), Azalina said she has written to Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo to propose a meeting between the Legal Affairs Division and the Digital Ministry to begin discussions on drafting AI-related laws.
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00:00What do we call last week that you said that parents may be not viable for their children in their online activities?
00:05No, because as of now, the law, the sexual offenses law, the provision is very clear.
00:14For example, when I spoke just now about Section 19.
00:16Section 19 is a section under the Sexual Offences Act, the SOAC Act, that says that anybody,
00:21whether parents, or teachers, or neighbors, or family members is aware, and you don't inform about it,
00:27you are liable for the offense. So, if you pair it with the Online Harms Act,
00:32the Online Harms Act is more about the implementation of in that platform,
00:39and the duty which is expected. But of course, for me, when you talk about children,
00:45you must also read with the Child Act. The Child Act talks about the duty, the responsibility,
00:52that is taken care of under the Kementerian Wanita. As far as we are concerned,
00:58we are looking into the SOAC Act, which is implemented by PDRM, certain offenses.
01:04But the SOAC Act, if you look at it carefully, is very, very wide. It looks at a lot of situation.
01:10So, the Online Harms is more about the digital platform. Especially now, the biggest challenge is the issue on AI,
01:17when they are using certain format. So, that's why I have written to the Digital Minister, YB Gobin,
01:27in reference to looking to more AI laws for our country. There should be a joint committee between
01:32and digital on more laws on AI. A joint committee.
01:39Dato Sri, in Malaysia, there is no UN-Undang AI?
01:43We don't have it.
01:45Not focused on AI.
01:48Because when you talk about AI, it's a different kind of platform.
01:54And the process of evidence for AI itself is also going to be a very...
01:59So, like, the only law that exists in the world today is the AI law in the EU.
02:04But that one, they already prescribed the kind of situation and the kind of premise that they describe.
02:12So, we have to study the law, for example, to see how we want to match it to Malaysia.
02:17Because the AI is going to be...
02:19Okay, let's talk today. One of the issues is that you talk about banking documents that you sign.
02:25Now, you still can go to court and say that, well, you know, you did sign a document and you sign digital signature.
02:31If you have a situation where someone comes up with a defense, you say,
02:34can you prove I sign or I don't sign?
02:36So, of course, you're proving mechanism is all very technical.
02:39So, the law has to fit into that situation.
02:42Because the situation now with AI is all a different situation.
02:46It's not like a normal situation.
02:48So, now, on our part, we have already got the contract law committee.
02:52We've got the criminal law committee.
02:54We're looking to all this also.
02:55So, these committees are checked by seasoned judges, retired judges.
03:00They're all looking to certain situation that we have today.
03:03So, we will pull in and start combining to see from their perspective on the existing law that we have.
03:08So, for us, when we went to certain countries, they already got certain laws.
03:20But their laws are not just like EU law.
03:23Their laws are just a little bit.
03:25So, for example, the law minister from Uzbek will tell us their experience when they are digitalizing.
03:32See, one of the issues that I have today for me on Bahagian Undang-Undang is that we want to digitalize the court.
03:38Okay, now we have voice to text.
03:40And then we have a lot of online system.
03:44But what we want is that we want the court to be more efficient.
03:49So, the court is taking in documents, more digital documents.
03:53But we want it to be more.
03:54We want it to apply not only in Putrajaya, but it must apply elsewhere, especially at district court, outstation.
04:01So, those are areas that we have to look at.
04:03So, these are things that we have to keep moving.
04:05You understand?
04:06Because this is all new things.
04:08What we have now is already there, but we have to improve.
04:10So, when we learn from other countries, they're also improving their system.
04:14So, we're learning from each other.
04:19All right.
04:22They are better!
04:23Yup!
04:25Bye!
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