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Asia-PacificVerified 2026-09-01

AI regulation in Singapore

Voluntary frameworkNo legal duty. Adoption is a commercial and reputational choice rather than a compliance one.

Singapore's MGAI is a widely-referenced voluntary governance framework, paired with the AI Verify testing toolkit, rather than binding cross-sector legislation.

The instrument

Model AI Governance Framework (MGAI)

Administered by Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).

Not yet mapped to obligation level

AIC has verified Singapore's regulatory position — the status, the instrument and the administering body above are checked against primary sources. What is not here is the clause-by-clause breakdown of what the instrument requires, because we have not done that work for this jurisdiction yet.

We would rather leave that visible than write a plausible-sounding summary nobody checked. If Singapore matters to your organisation, tell us and it moves up the queue.

This page is a general orientation guide built from public sources, not legal advice, and it does not establish that any organisation complies with Singapore's requirements. AIC certifies governance against its own published standard; that is a different question from legal compliance, and neither substitutes for the other. Back to the map.