Pia Cayetano files bill to regulate AI, create 'National AI Commission'
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Pia Cayetano files bill to regulate AI, create 'National AI Commission'
Senator-elect Pia Cayetano during the proclamation for the winning senators of the recently concluded Halalan 2025 on May 1, 2025 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. Office of Sen. Pia Cayetano/Handout
Senator-elect Pia Cayetano during the proclamation for the winning senators of the recently concluded Halalan 2025 on May 1, 2025 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. Office of Sen. Pia Cayetano/HandoutMANILA — Sen. Pia Cayetano has filed a bill seeking to regulate artificial intelligence in the Philippines.
MANILA — Sen. Pia Cayetano has filed a bill seeking to regulate artificial intelligence in the Philippines.
"This bill seeks to strike a careful balance between encouraging technological innovation and ensuring that AI systems remain safe, ethical, transparent, and under meaningful human oversight," Cayetano said in her explanatory note.
"This bill seeks to strike a careful balance between encouraging technological innovation and ensuring that AI systems remain safe, ethical, transparent, and under meaningful human oversight," Cayetano said in her explanatory note.
Cayetano cited both the opportunities and the risks AI brings.
Cayetano cited both the opportunities and the risks AI brings.
"AI presents enormous opportunities for the Philippines: improving public services, advancing disaster resilience, modernizing agriculture, and enhancing education and healthcare systems, among others. However, these innovations carry risks," she said.
"AI presents enormous opportunities for the Philippines: improving public services, advancing disaster resilience, modernizing agriculture, and enhancing education and healthcare systems, among others. However, these innovations carry risks," she said.
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Cayetano's bill seeks to regulate the development and use of all types of AI, including Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), as well as regulate AI foundation models, such as machine learning systems, generative AI, neural networks, expert systems, language learned models (LLMs), and Generative Pre-trained Transformers.
Cayetano's bill seeks to regulate the development and use of all types of AI, including Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), as well as regulate AI foundation models, such as machine learning systems, generative AI, neural networks, expert systems, language learned models (LLMs), and Generative Pre-trained Transformers.
It shall apply to all individuals, corporations, institutions, and government agencies that develop, deploy, use or operate AI systems in the Philippines.
It shall apply to all individuals, corporations, institutions, and government agencies that develop, deploy, use or operate AI systems in the Philippines.
The bill also seeks to create a National AI Commission under the Department of Science and Technology, which will have the original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to AI.
The bill also seeks to create a National AI Commission under the Department of Science and Technology, which will have the original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to AI.
Other lawmakers have also been pushing bills seeking to regulate AI citing the risks to privacy and employment among others.
Other lawmakers have also been pushing bills seeking to regulate AI citing the risks to privacy and employment among others.
While other countries have already passed laws meant to regulate AI, experts who are developing the technology have cautioned about possible regulatory overreach, which may hamper the development and adoption of AI, which in turn may hurt the country's competitiveness.
While other countries have already passed laws meant to regulate AI, experts who are developing the technology have cautioned about possible regulatory overreach, which may hamper the development and adoption of AI, which in turn may hurt the country's competitiveness.
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