{"name":"Applied AI in Myanmar — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Myanmar, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/myanmar","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-11-03","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Myanmar","slug":"myanmar","iso2":"MM","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":9,"deployments":4,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":3,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":9},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","org":"Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, Myanmar","text":"Myanmar has stood up a new body to push AI technology development: the National Artificial Intelligence Development Department, housed within the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications. Parliament heard from the Deputy Minister that the unit is driving national AI capacity building via fresh initiatives. The country separately joined the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, formalised at Shanghai's 2026 World AI Conference.","date":"2026-07-23","source":"https://presoffministry.gov.mm/en/news/40817"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Myanmar","role":"Ophthalmologist","org":"Ophthalmology Specialist Hospital (Yangon)","text":"Ophthalmology Specialist Hospital (Yangon) ran AI vision screening during field eye check-ups in Mayangone Township, part of a Ministry of Health drive across Yangon Region to curb rainy-season illnesses. Myanmar's Union Minister of Health attended the campaign event, where the hospital director and ophthalmologists used AI-assisted eye examinations for on-site diagnostic testing. The initiative forms one strand of a wider seasonal disease-prevention effort covering all Yangon townships.","date":"2026-05-24","source":"https://asianews.network/ophthalmology-hospital-in-yangon-conducts-field-eye-examinations-using-ai/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Myanmar","role":"Insurance agent","org":"AYA SOMPO Insurance","text":"iVA, an Insurance Virtual Assistant from AYA SOMPO Insurance, is Myanmar's first AI chatbot insurance tool built into a mobile app, the firm says. Housed in the My AYASOMPO app, it answers product and policy questions in Myanmar and English with 24/7 real-time replies, no human needed. This AI-powered insurance assistant is meant to help partners and agents meet customer needs faster.","date":"2026-04-29","source":"https://ayasompo.com/introducing-iva-bot/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Agriculture & Food","region":"Myanmar","role":"Farmer","org":"Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation","text":"A crop disease diagnosis AI tool called Farmer AI is now available from Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, packed into a mobile app for growers nationwide. It also reads soil health and offers tips on sowing, reaping and selling produce, answering questions typed or spoken through its built-in chatbot. Speaking to officials in Nay Pyi Taw, Deputy Minister Dr Tin Htut noted the app remains Version 1 (Beta) ahead of a fuller Play Store launch, broadening access to AI-based plant disease detection.","date":"2026-03-04","source":"https://onenewstvchannel.com/en/business-en/success-en/farmer-ai-being-implemented-for-agricultural-sector/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","org":"Ministry of Border Affairs, Myanmar","text":"Myanmar's Ministry of Border Affairs launched AI training for government staff through its AI Technology Basic Applications Training Course. Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae urged staff to apply AI to data analysis, calling it essential at work and home. The National Artificial Intelligence Development Project's Director outlined core AI skills for civil servants.","date":"2026-02-02","source":"https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/opening-ai-application-training-moba-um-delivered-opening-speech"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","org":"Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, Myanmar","text":"Myanmar's Ministry of Ethnic Affairs held AI training for civil servants: an AI Technology Basic Practical Training Course in Nay Pyi Taw. Citing global use in education, health and industry, Union Minister for Border Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae urged personnel to put AI upskilling to use, speeding departmental tasks.","date":"2026-01-28","source":"https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/opening-ceremony-ai-technology-basic-practical-training-course"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","org":"Office of the National Defense and Security Council","text":"Myanmar's Office of the National Defense and Security Council formed the Supervisory Committee for Legal Awareness Dissemination Using AI Technology under Notification Order No. 120/2025, overseeing the Legal Assistant AI Model. The Ministry of Legal Affairs and the National Artificial Intelligence Technology Development Project jointly run this AI legal awareness, AI-driven legal education effort, discussed at a Nay Pyi Taw meeting.","date":"2025-12-22","source":"https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/coordination-meeting-mola-uag-delivered-opening-remarks"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","role":"Police officer","org":"Myanmar State Administration Council (military junta)","text":"Myanmar's junta runs an AI surveillance network, the Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System (PSMS), fusing facial recognition, CCTV feeds and personal records to chase dissenters. General Administration Offices in Mandalay Region and southern Shan State were ordered to apply it against deserters, fugitives and revolutionary activists. Mandalay Region officers tied the AI-powered monitoring system to roughly 1,650 arrests, March to April 2025.","date":"2025-08","source":"https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/junta-uses-psms-system-track-and-arrest-opponents"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Myanmar","org":"Ministry of Science and Technology","text":"Myanmar's Ministry of Science and Technology met in Nay Pyi Taw on 18 February for a fourth session on a National AI Strategy and National AI Policy spanning 2025–2030. Myo Thein Kyaw said the aim is weaving artificial intelligence into growth sectors while lifting public grasp of AI ethics and standards — shaping Myanmar AI policy grounded in the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics. This national AI strategy for Myanmar awaits approval.","date":"2025-02","source":"https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20250219/884f596b14984649b311ff8881e9c85b/c.html"}]}