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/Country
Hong Kong
23/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 8% of countries
#144 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention23
- Adoptiondata not available
- Regulation78
- Problems and attacks55
- Opportunitiesdata not available
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents36
5 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
Missing safeguards15
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +1.62 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +0.94 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.52 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
Insufficient data: no Oxford Insights data
Exposure to threats
Insufficient data
as a target 29 · as a cause n/a
Media coverage: high (3,852 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)41
Rule of law (0-100 score)74
2025 · World Bank
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)40
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country1
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
1
12-24 months ago
+ 3 with only the year
/Reported incidents
5 in 24 monthsJul 2026
Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
- Hong Kong raises alert on AI voices as 150 WhatsApp hijackings lead to HK$26m losses (opens in a new tab) · scmp.com · 29 Jul 2026
- 香港有騙徒偽裝受害者父親發訊息詐騙千萬港元 (opens in a new tab) · hkcna.hk · 29 Jul 2026
- WhatsApp scam costs Hong Kong man $1.27 million after criminals used AI voice notes to impersonate his father — experts say secret codewords are the best way to stay safe (opens in a new tab) · techradar.com · 7 Aug 2026
Apr 2025
Hong Kong Syndicate Allegedly Used AI-Generated Facial Composites to Open Bank Accounts (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
2025
Hong Kong gang use facial deepfakes to defraud banks of HKD 2m (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
2024
Deepfake CFO scams finance worker for USD 25 million (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
2024
Hong Kong privacy watchdog probes Worldcoin (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textBiometrics and surveillance
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Germany (Tools for Humanity/Worldcoin)
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+1.62
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+0.94
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.52
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Agoda's AI Assistant Brings Travel Planning and Booking into One Conversation (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 33 other outlets
- AI chips: a chip-sector executive's case revives calls in Washington for firmness toward Beijing - 11/11/2026 at 13:22 (opens in a new tab)boursorama.com · France · 11 Nov 2026 · and 9 other outlets
- AlphaPai Launches its AI-Native Investment Research Platform for Global Markets at Hong Kong FinTech Week (opens in a new tab)singaporestar.com · Singapore · 13 Nov 2026 · and 7 other outlets
- IAB Hong Kong C26 Spotlights AI's Move into Business Execution for Marketers Amid Hong Kong's HK$33.9 Billion Ad Market (opens in a new tab)manilatimes.net · Philippines · 12 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- Lenovo Accelerates AI and HPC Convergence with Next-Generation Infrastructure for the New Era of AI-Powered HPC (opens in a new tab)nugget.ca · Canada · 10 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- Tencent Cloud and Teleport Collaborate to Advance AI-Powered Cross-Border Logistics from China (opens in a new tab)manilatimes.net · Philippines · 13 Nov 2026 · and 3 other outlets
- From Robot Companions to Robot Cafe: Star Plus Legend Reimagines Consumer Experiences Through IP+Physical AI (opens in a new tab)jcnnewswire.com · Japan · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- After AI Has Participated in Homework, How Can Teachers and Parents See the Hard-to-Notice Information Behind Good Answers? (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Palo Alto tracks a massive Chinese AI attack that sadly lives up to industry fears (opens in a new tab)csoonline.com · United States · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Nvidia fallout throws spotlight on Southeast Asia's AI boom (opens in a new tab)indiatimes.com · India · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 3,464 in total, at most 225 in one day (6 Nov 2026).
3,464 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 23, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 23, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 23, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 23, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 23, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 31 · 2024 36 · 2025 36 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.