Draft Act on Artificial Intelligence (ETDA, July 2026 draft); earlier Draft Principles of the AI Law (2025) and 2022 draft Royal Decree on AI business operations

Summary

Thailand has no AI statute. On July 2, 2026, the Electronic Transactions Development Agency released a new draft Act on Artificial Intelligence for a public hearing of about 30 days. The draft takes a risk-based approach drawn partly from the EU AI Act: it prohibits some practices, such as subliminal manipulation, sets duties for high-risk systems designated by royal decree, requires foreign providers serving Thai users to appoint a local representative, imposes strict liability for AI-related damage and requires machine-readable marking of AI-generated images, audio and video. It follows the 2025 Draft Principles of the AI Law, which merged a 2022 draft Royal Decree on AI business operations and a 2023 ETDA draft act on AI innovation.

Key dates

1. July 2, 2026Key date
2. October 16, 2026Checked against sources
3. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 15, 2027.

Evidence

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1. In June 2025, regulators convened a public hearing to merge both texts into a single, more practical instrument that is currently being circulated as the Draft Principles of the AI Law (Draft Principles).

   Supports: 2025 Draft Principles

   the 2022 Draft Royal Decree on Business Operations Using AI Systems (ONDE Draft Decree), prepared by the Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission

   Supports: 2022 draft Royal Decree

   Thailand's draft AI law (earlier drafts) Norton Rose Fulbright Reporting or analysis

2. released a new version of the draft Act on Artificial Intelligence on July 2, 2026, for a public hearing period expected to be approximately 30 days.

   Supports: Release date and hearing

   If enacted in its current form, the law would introduce extraterritorial obligations, a tiered risk classification system, strict liability for AI-related damages, and new transparency requirements for AI-generated content.

   Supports: Draft content

   Thailand Releases New Draft Artificial Intelligence Act (content) Tilleke & Gibbins (Mondaq) Reporting or analysis