Regulation

AI & ML 8 min China's Anthropomorphic-AI Rules Take Effect 15 July — and Doubao and Qwen Are Pulling Their Companion Agents China's new framework for humanlike AI — the Interim Measures for the Administration of AI Anthropomorphic Int... PR Priya Nair 6 Jul Privacy & Data 8 min The EU Is Racing to Delay Its Own High-Risk AI Rules Before They Take Effect on 2 August EU lawmakers reached a provisional deal in May to push the AI Act's high-risk obligations back from 2 August 2... PR Priya Nair 16 Jun AI & ML 8 min A Bipartisan US Bill Wants One Federal Rulebook for Frontier AI — and the Fight Is Already About State Laws Two House lawmakers have released a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act, a 269-page bipartisan attem... PR Priya Nair 16 Jun ASEAN Tech 7 min Vietnam Calls for a Connected ASEAN Fintech Ecosystem at the AFF 2026 — but the Standards Are the Hard Part At an ASEAN Future Forum 2026 seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam's Deputy PM Nguyen Van Thang urged the region to conne... SA Sarah Chen 11 Jun AI & ML 6 min Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Tells the World to Slow Down on AI In his first encyclical, released 25 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV devotes the founding text of his papacy largely to... PR Priya Nair 30 May ASEAN Tech 13 min Singapore Orders Critical-Infrastructure Cybersecurity Reviews as Frontier AI Cuts Exploit Development From Months to Hours On 5 May 2026, Singapore CSA formally wrote to CII boards requiring AI-resilient cybersecurity reviews — citin... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 22 May ASEAN Tech 8 min MAS Issues Binding GenAI Banking Guidelines — Five-Bank Sandbox, Cross-Border Implications for ASEAN Finance The Monetary Authority of Singapore published its long-awaited binding guidelines on generative AI use by bank... SA Sarah Chen 20 May Finance 3 min Malaysia Fintech 2030 Launches Talent-Pipeline MoU at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok The Fintech Association of Malaysia signed a memorandum with Manaf Gardner Associates at Money20/20 Asia on 2... FI Finance Desk 18 May AI & ML 8 min CAISI Lines Up Google, Microsoft, xAI for Pre-Deployment AI Testing — Then Yanks the Announcement Page The Center for AI Standards and Innovation said the US government would now evaluate Google, Microsoft and xAI... AI AI Tools Desk 16 May ASEAN Tech 4 min Singapore's IMDA Launched ASEAN's First National AI Safety Framework — Here Is What Is In It Singapore's IMDA launched Southeast Asia's first national AI safety framework. Here is what is in it, who it a... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 20 Mar ASEAN Tech 5 min Singapore MOH Launches AIHGle 2.0 — New AI Healthcare Guidelines Put Patients First Singapore's MOH and HSA launched AIHGle 2.0 in March 2026 — refreshed AI healthcare guidelines covering safety... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 15 Mar