An official with the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department confirmed the authenticity of the October 20, 2026 government directive banning civil servants from using Waze

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim chaired a National Cyber Security Committee meeting where officials discussed potential risks of Waze monitoring Malaysian citizens' data

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim advised citizens against using Waze due to potential data security risks and concerns that the app is subject to Israeli laws

During a National Cyber Security Committee meeting held on Oct 21, the Malaysian government reviewed cyber threats, autonomous AI risks, and measures to strengthen digital preparedness and sovereignty

Malaysia's Chief Secretary to the Government, Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar, issued a letter dated October 20, 2026, barring all civil servants from using the navigation app Waze with immediate effect

The European Commission introduced the Cloud and AI Development Act to impose sovereignty requirements on sensitive cloud service providers while aiding European technology companies in providing alternatives to U.S. firms.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in late September 2026 rebranding artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence' and rebuffed calls for domestic AI regulation to avoid hampering economic growth.

A declaration proposed by Norway calling for AI to remain under human control was signed by more than 20 countries, but the United Kingdom, the United States, and China did not sign the declaration

During his United Nations General Assembly address on September 22, 2026, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a new AI and Autonomy partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States to protect critical national infrastructure.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged to put artificial intelligence at the heart of the United Kingdom's G20 Presidency in 2027, when leaders will gather in Manchester.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham expressed a desire to establish a single set of global principles and standards for artificial intelligence, which contrasts with U.S. President Donald Trump's rejection of globalist schemes to control the technology.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham planned to reassure US President Donald Trump during their September 2026 meeting in New York that the UK will take a measured approach to artificial intelligence.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on September 12, calling for leading AI labs to voluntarily slow down the pace of capability development

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk publicly endorsed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal for a coordinated slowdown in AI development, from his essay 'We Must Pace the Frontier.'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed establishing a bilateral AI Incident Notification Mechanism to allow rapid communication between Washington and Beijing during autonomous system or cyber incidents.

The Trump administration rejected domestic calls for a unilateral slowdown in frontier artificial intelligence development, arguing that a pause would cede strategic leadership to China.