The Ultimate Guide to AI Ethics & Governance
A curated Asian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Ethics & Governance.
What to know about AI Ethics & Governance
AI Ethics & Governance concerns the responsible development, deployment, and oversight of artificial intelligence technologies to ensure they align with societal values, protect individual rights, and promote transparency. As AI systems become increasingly integrated into various sectors—from healthcare and business to creative industries and public services—it is crucial to address challenges such as data privacy, bias, security vulnerabilities, and ethical accountability.
This tag brings you insightful stories on current efforts to establish ethical standards, government policies, and corporate frameworks that guide AI use responsibly. You'll find discussions on safeguarding data privacy, mitigating environmental impacts, empowering diversity and inclusion, and tackling emerging risks like misinformation and cyber threats. The featured content also covers collaborative projects between academia, industry, and regulators aiming to enhance AI governance globally.
Whether you're a professional, policymaker, or simply interested in how AI can benefit society without compromising ethics, exploring these stories will provide a comprehensive understanding of the ongoing work and critical questions shaping the future of AI. Click through to learn about innovations, challenges, and strategies that ensure AI technologies contribute positively and equitably to our world.
Asian AI Ethics & Governance News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
AvePoint lifts annual recurring revenue outlook on strong Q3
Strong SaaS demand lifted annual recurring revenue 27% to USD $495.1 million in the quarter, prompting AvePoint to raise full-year guidance.
The fastest way to build confidence in AI is to put it in everyone's hands
Broad access to approved tools has helped the insurer drive adoption, with more than 82% of colleagues using generative AI by September 2026.
Sabiki launches free AI readiness scan for Microsoft 365
Across 178 Microsoft 365 tenants, Sabiki says most lacked controls for AI identities, leaving data exposed and permissions unchecked.
Anthropic opens Singapore office & signs AI safety pact
The deal expands Anthropic's Asia-Pacific footprint and gives Singapore closer access to its AI safety and model-testing expertise.
CelcomDigi opens AI-focused Tech Fair 2026 in Petaling
The five-day event aims to give Malaysians practical exposure to AI in phones and services, alongside promotions and prize draws at 1 Utama Shopping Centre.
Why AI's real cost is bigger than the invoice
Unexpected charges from AI are spreading beyond licences, with fragmented usage, token billing and shadow deployments making budgets hard to forecast.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Ethics & Governance
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Gigamon unveils tools to track shadow AI across networks
Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
What Is Shadow AI and What Does It Mean for Your Organisation?
Omnissa launches AI tools as endpoint use surges 1,000%
Featured News
Oracle Fusion AI: Autonomy is earned, one outcome at a time
Oracle's Kaushal Kurapati says the pace of AI development is surpising even to those driving it.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
VAST Data targets AI data sovereignty with DataEnclave
Enterprises and governments could run AI on sensitive data without exposing it, as the technology targets sovereignty rules across APAC.
UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
Workiva: The secret compliance and reporting arms race
Driven by improved tooling, finance teams are meeting higher standards as regulators and analysts scrutinise disclosures faster.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: ABBYY launches hybrid AI document models
Enterprises under pressure to curb AI risk and cost are being given a hybrid option that blends generative models with OCR and rules-based extraction.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source
Rising AI demand is exposing cloud bottlenecks, as firms eye in-house open source systems to cut costs and limit vendor lock-in.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
The Aussie AI Data Centre debate: profit, power & public trust
Australia's AI boom could add GBP £58 billion, but energy shortages, bubble fears and local backlash are clouding the data centre rush.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
Customers at the centre of Adobe's new AI evangelist role
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Expert Columns
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Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
The fastest way to build confidence in AI is to put it in everyone's hands
Cybersecurity Awareness: The Importance of Getting the Basics Right
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Why AI's real cost is bigger than the invoice
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Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Ethics & Governance News
Publicis Sapient & Ping Identity back AI identity push
Legacy identity upgrades and AI agent oversight are set to speed up as the firms aim to cut manual work and tighten access controls.
Globant launches Glob.AI OS to govern enterprise AI
The platform aims to give large firms tighter control over AI spending, access and accountability as use spreads across more teams.
Axway launches AI platform to rein in costs & risk
Rising AI bills and stricter oversight are pushing enterprises to seek tools that can track usage, data access and compliance.
NiCE launches next-generation Cognigy for AI agents
Businesses can now manage AI agents across customer journeys with greater oversight, as the upgraded platform adds tracing, governance and reusable skills.
BlackFog warns approved AI tools expose sensitive data
Nearly half of security leaders have seen sensitive data exposed via AI tools, with most incidents linked to company-approved services, a survey found.
Fleet launches AI governance push for endpoint GitOps
Endpoint teams could cut manual work and speed up fixes as Fleet's Git-based device management push won backing from Cisco and others.
Cloud Security Alliance launches verified AI assurance level
Organisations now have a third-party check on AI governance as businesses face tighter scrutiny over how systems are monitored and controlled.
Forrester warns of shadow AI governance gap in Asia Pacific
One in three large Asia Pacific enterprises will struggle to govern shadow AI agents as staff-built tools outpace internal controls, Forrester says.
Uptiq launches GovernAI for financial institutions
The tool is meant to ease board and regulator concerns by giving lenders audit trails, approvals and user controls for AI agents.
Forrester warns of shadow AI surge in Asia Pacific
A governance gap could leave large Asia Pacific firms exposed, with Forrester predicting shadow AI agents will outnumber approved ones by 10 to 1.
Genesys expands AI engineers to speed customer rollouts
By tackling integration and governance hurdles, the new engineering model aims to help enterprises move agentic AI customer service projects into production faster.
Fortinet brings AI security to Equinix distributed hub
Enterprises can now inspect AI prompts and responses across clouds and data centres through a validated Fortinet-Equinix architecture.
DNSFilter launches LUMINATE to unify security under DNS
It aims to cut security sprawl by putting filtering, AI governance and threat hunting into one DNS-based platform for harder-to-manage devices.
Forrester says AI will shape 75% of B2B buys by 2027
Providers may need to overhaul sales and marketing as AI agents are set to influence 75% of B2B purchase decisions by 2027.
Thoughtworks urges tighter controls as AI agents spread
Companies are being pushed to secure, monitor and budget for AI systems as agents take on longer tasks and strain review processes.
CrowdStrike to buy Fiddler AI & Dreadnode in AI push
The moves underline how security vendors are racing to control AI agents as businesses widen their use of automated software across operations.
Snowflake launches AI control tools for business definitions
The new features let enterprises audit AI agents' access, spending and definitions, as businesses struggle with inconsistent context across systems.
meshIQ & Treehouse Software boost mainframe data streaming
Enterprises could cut manual work and outage risk as the deal links mainframe data flows more tightly to Snowflake and AWS analytics systems.
CISOs lag on AI governance as board oversight trails
Many large firms still lack clear AI oversight, with just 7% of CISOs at companies above USD $10 billion in revenue owning the governance brief.
JFrog names nine winners of software supply chain awards
The inaugural prizes highlight a wider shift as large enterprises tighten oversight of code, AI models and other assets moving through development pipelines.
