Database on AI Implementations in the Malaysian Public Sector

Type

Research and knowledge generation

Status

Implementation

Project Activity Details

Based on engagements with the National AI Office Malaysia (NAIO), this effort will also be pushed in the public sector, where AI has been used in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. Many other agencies, including the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, have also mentioned starting or are in the process of developing such systems or processes. In Sabah and Sarawak, the courts have ventured into the use of AI, particularly in 2020, when the Magistrate Court in Kota Kinabalu used AI for Data Sentencing for the first time in cases under section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

As we conduct this research, we call for volunteers to help us collect data for this research. If you have information on any implementation of AI that fulfills the criteria above, please fill in the form here. The data may be sourced from news articles, government agencies' websites and official social media pages, and/or tender notices posted, such as the Ministry of Finance’s ePerolehan (procurement) platform. If you have bulk data, you may also send us a spreadsheet preferably in the same format via email at [email protected].
Based on engagements with the National AI Office Malaysia (NAIO), this effort will also be pushed in the public sector, where AI has been used in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. Many other agencies, including the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, have also mentioned starting or are in the process of developing such systems or processes. In Sabah and Sarawak, the courts have ventured into the use of AI, particularly in 2020, when the Magistrate Court in Kota Kinabalu used AI for Data Sentencing for the first time in cases under section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

As these agencies deploy these systems, there is little transparency regarding the implementation, including costs, funding sources, procurement details, implementation partners from the private sector, and reports of testing of the systems. In Indonesia, the civil society has worked with its respective government agency to release an analysis of AI procurement for the yeasr 2022-2024.

While it is challenging to obtain standardised data on IT projects in the Malaysian public sector, Sinar Project will conduct research to collect information about AI systems implemented or to be implemented in the public sector.

You may check out the database here.