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/Country
Malaysia
61/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 94% of countries
#9 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention61
- Adoption · single source23
- Regulation46
- Problems and attacks51
- Opportunities45
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents60
9 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure65
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 22.6% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards57
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +0.68 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: +0.41 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.11 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
70
Exposure to threats
34
as a target 26 · as a cause 43
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (1,675 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 25.6 (as a target) + 50% × 42.6 (as a cause) = 34.1
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)74
Rule of law (0-100 score)65
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)42
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.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/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 country0
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
6
12-24 months ago
+ 3 with only the year
/Reported incidents
9 in 24 monthsOct 2025
Purported AI-Generated Video Reportedly Used in RM5,800 (~$1,400) Sextortion Attempt Targeting Malaysian Minor via Telegram (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
Jul 2025
Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams (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· 3 articles from 3 outlets
- AI deepfakes of PM, tycoons used in scams (opens in a new tab) · nst.com.my · 4 Jul 2025
- Ex-rep turns the tables on deepfake scam ring (opens in a new tab) · thestar.com.my · 6 Jul 2025
- ‘It sounded just like my brother’: How deepfake voices are fuelling money scams (opens in a new tab) · malaymail.com · 4 Aug 2025
Jun 2025
Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Misled Elderly Malaysian Couple Into Traveling to Nonexistent Cable Car Attraction (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (Google)AI labs pages: Google
Also reported by· 10 articles from 10 outlets
- [Watch] The Cable Car From Kampung Kuak Hulu To Baling Doesn’t Exist, It’s All AI (opens in a new tab) · therakyatpost.com · 1 Jul 2025
- #NSTviral: Elderly couple duped by AI-generated cable car video (opens in a new tab) · nst.com.my · 2 Jul 2025
- Terperdaya video AI, warga emas didakwa rugi ribuan ringgit ketika bercuti (opens in a new tab) · astroawani.com · 2 Jul 2025
Jun 2025
Alleged deepfake video shows a former Malaysian inspector-general of police in a financial misconduct context (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
- Selangor cops probe deepfake video falsely linking ex-IGP Acryl Sani to ‘Datuk’ money scam (opens in a new tab) · malaymail.com · 22 Jun 2025
Apr 2025
Malaysian Teenager Allegedly Arrested for Creating and Selling AI-Generated Deepfake Images of Schoolmates and Alumni in Johor (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Johor teenager nabbed for allegedly creating, selling lewd AI pics of schoolmates (opens in a new tab) · straitstimes.com · 9 Apr 2025
Jan 2025
Hong Kong Authorities Seize HK$34M in Alleged Deepfake Scam Targeting Victims in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia (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
White House appears to use AI to calculate tariff rates (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI)AI labs pages: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, xAI
Also reported by· 7 articles from 7 outlets
2025
AI depictions of Malaysian national flag spark uproar (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Malaysia (Sin Chew Daily) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
2025
Grok generates sexualised images of children on X (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (xAI)AI labs pages: xAI
Also reported by· 6 articles from 6 outlets
- cnbc.com (opens in a new tab) · 2 Jan 2026
- reuters.com (opens in a new tab) · 2 Jan 2026
- themarkup.org (opens in a new tab) · 14 Jan 2026
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+0.68
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law+0.41
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.11
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
- AI demand unlikely to be derailed by Nvidia CEO controversy, Taiwan supply chain sources say (opens in a new tab)webindia123.com · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 37 other outlets
- 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
- What Nvidia CEO's alleged spy scandal means for the U.S.-China AI race (opens in a new tab)wjct.org · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 31 other outlets
- US-China AI race could face financial setbacks, mass layoffs over next three years: Report (opens in a new tab)indiatimes.com · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 23 other outlets
- AI brings new possibilities to tropical farming, regional cooperation (opens in a new tab)bignewsnetwork.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 21 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
- From AI Native Advertising to Marketing System Delivery: BlueMedia launches partnership with ChatGPT Ads (opens in a new tab)prnewswire.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 8 other outlets
- Inauguran VII Cumbre Mundial de Medios de Comunicación en Beijing y destaca la transformación de medios en era de IA (opens in a new tab)xinhuanet.com · China · 9 Nov 2026 · and 5 other outlets
- Supermicro Now Shipping Next-Generation Servers Powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC™ 9006 Series CPUs for Cloud, HPC, and Agentic AI Workloads (opens in a new tab)prnewswire.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- Nexawork AI Launches Custom Software for SMEs From RM19,900.00 (opens in a new tab)sina.com.hk · Hong Kong · 10 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 1,489 in total, at most 119 in one day (22 Oct 2026).
1,489 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 61, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 61, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 61, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 61, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 61, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 insufficient data · 2025 51 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.