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Taiwan’s legislature passes the Artificial Intelligence Basic Act

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Source: Baker McKenzieAlso reported by Tai E International Patent & Law Office

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed the Artificial Intelligence Basic Act on third reading on 23 December 2025, with seven principles including privacy and data governance, transparency and accountability. The Act makes the National Science and Technology Council the central competent authority, tasks the Ministry of Digital Affairs with a risk classification framework and leaves detailed duties to sector regulators. It was promulgated and took effect on 14 January 2026, and agencies have 24 months to bring laws into line.

Why it matters

Companies in Taiwan face no direct new duties yet, but sector regulators must now write risk-based AI rules.

When
23 Dec 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0149
Where
Taiwan
Who
Legislative Yuan, National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan), Ministry of Digital Affairs (Taiwan)
Rules involved

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Baker McKenzie and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2025-0149: “Taiwan’s legislature passes the Artificial Intelligence Basic Act.” wheresthe.ai, 23 Dec 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/tw-ai-basic-act-passed-2025-12/ (source: Baker McKenzie).

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