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/Country
Philippines
48/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 86% of countries
#22 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention48
- Adoption · single source21
- Regulation67
- Problems and attacks43
- Opportunities35
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents34
6 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure62
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 20.7% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards52
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: +0.17 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.47 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -0.26 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
66
Exposure to threats
45
as a target 46 · as a cause 43
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (2,415 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 46.3 (as a target) + 50% × 43.4 (as a cause) = 44.8
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)81
Rule of law (0-100 score)51
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)34
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
3
12-24 months ago
+ 3 with only the year
/Where the systems come from
how we knowUnited States2
Australia1
developers' headquarters · 3 incidents of 6
/Reported incidents
6 in 24 monthsSep 2025
A Philippine Senate hearing featured reports of purported AI-generated deepfake pornography targeting an actress and a content creator (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Angel Aquino falls victim to deepfake porn: ‘It’s nauseous’ (opens in a new tab) · entertainment.inquirer.net · 4 Sep 2025
Jun 2025
Philippine officials reportedly share Veo 3-generated video supporting the vice president during impeachment (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the text
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (Google)AI labs pages: Google
Also reported by· 10 of 13 articles from 7 outlets
- Dela Rosa draws flak over AI video of students opposing Sara Duterte's impeachment (opens in a new tab) · philstar.com · 16 Jun 2025
- FACT CHECK: Video of students opposing Sara Duterte impeachment is AI-generated (opens in a new tab) · rappler.com · 16 Jun 2025
- Sara Duterte: Nothing wrong with sharing AI video opposing my impeachment (opens in a new tab) · rappler.com · 16 Jun 2025
Apr 2025
Alleged AI-Generated Photo of Burning Truck in Manila Reportedly Triggered Firefighter Response (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
- Firefighters tricked by AI-generated photo of burning truck in Manila (opens in a new tab) · gmanetwork.com · 5 Sep 2025
- Burning truck prank using AI angers responding firefighters (opens in a new tab) · mb.com.ph · 5 Sep 2025
- Firefighters ‘duped’ by AI-generated truck blaze (opens in a new tab) · tribune.net.ph · 5 Sep 2025
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
2024
Deepfake Philippines President urges military action against China (opens in a new tab)Generative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 6 articles from 6 outlets
Automatic match, not yet confirmed by a person: it could be the same incident.
probably the same«Alleged deepfake audio depicts the president of the Philippines ordering military action» · AI Incident Database
2024
Outabox data breach exposes 1m biometric records (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textBiometrics and surveillance
Also reported by· 5 articles from 5 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality+0.17
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.47
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-0.26
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
- Australia holds AI developers more accountable (opens in a new tab)shz.de · Germany · 12 Nov 2026 · and 91 other outlets
- 3 charged in scheme to use AI to impersonate CEOs and attorneys to steal $129 million (opens in a new tab)erienewsnow.com · United States · 8 Nov 2026 · and 52 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
- Shanghai Electric Integrates Industrial AI into Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine Manufacturing and Lifecycle Services (opens in a new tab)elliotlakestandard.ca · Canada · 10 Nov 2026 · and 22 other outlets
- Cequence Security and KPMG Collaborate on Joint Report Examining how Organisations can Govern and Secure Agentic AI (opens in a new tab)thehindubusinessline.com · India · 11 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Symatics unveils new processor architecture designed for faster AI responses (opens in a new tab)manilatimes.net · Philippines · 10 Nov 2026 · and 17 other outlets
- Quantinuum and RIKEN Expand Partnership to Accelerate the Commercialization of Quantum-AI Hybrid Supercomputing in Japan (opens in a new tab)nugget.ca · Canada · 12 Nov 2026 · and 16 other outlets
- Chimes AI Achieves 2.9x Faster AI Inference with FPT AI Factory (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 10 Nov 2026 · and 16 other outlets
- AI Opportunity Fund Expands AI Skills Training Across Asia Pacific with 28 Phase Three Local Implementing Partners – Thailand Business News (opens in a new tab)thailand-business-news.com · Thailand · 11 Nov 2026 · and 15 other outlets
- Excelra's GOSTAR Powers Boltz's AI Models for Drug Discovery (opens in a new tab)vietnamtribune.com · Vietnam · 11 Nov 2026 · and 15 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 2,134 in total, at most 141 in one day (10 Nov 2026).
2,134 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 49, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 49, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 49, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 48, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 48, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 46 · 2024 57 · 2025 58 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.