Southeast Asia adopts hands-off approach on AI rules, defying EU ambitions

Southeast Asia adopts hands-off approach on AI rules, defying EU ambitions

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Southeast Asian countries are taking a business-friendly approach to artificial intelligence regulation in a setback to the European Union’s push for globally harmonised rules that align with its own stringent framework.