We continued our partnership with Google on AI Policy & Skilling Labs in 2025, holding Labs in Thailand and Malaysia. Each Lab brought policymakers into direct conversation with the people working with AI in practice, allowing for policy dialogue based on real-world use cases. As regional partner, we designed the Labs’ structure and facilitated the sessions, including creator showcases, interactive workshops, and policy discussions between government and industry participants.
In Thailand, we brought Google and Chulalongkorn University together, partnering with the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) to convene 50 participants across government, academia, and the creative sector. Through a creator showcase and public exhibition in the “Innovation Corridor,” artists shared how AI is shaping their practice and what policy frameworks could support creative work.
One example was contemporary dancer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun’s Cyber Subin — a project that uses AI to open a dialogue between Thai cultural heritage and technology. Dancers co-create movement in real time with AI avatars built from the foundations of classical Thai dance. Alongside him were five Thai artists we identified and brought in, working across rice field art, film, illustration, and 3D modelling to demonstrate AI’s practical applications across art forms.
In Malaysia, we worked with MyDIGITAL and the Malaysia National AI Office (NAIO) across two sessions, the first at the MyDigital Office in Putrajaya, the second on the sidelines of the ASEAN Malaysia AI Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Together, the sessions brought together 57 participants from 17 government agencies to examine how AI could transform public services, policymaking, and daily government work across three areas: service delivery, policymaking, and daily work. The second session went further, focused on aligning on a shared vision and identifying flagship use cases and the actions needed to get there. Insights from both sessions were handed over to NAIO and MyDIGITAL to inform implementation of Malaysia’s National AI Action Plan 2030.
