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The Centre for Responsible Technology examines the intersection of emerging technologies with society, sustainability, safety and security. We then provide the government with recommendations in the interest of the public.
Responsible
Technology
Society
Emerging technologies profoundly shape how people live, work and relate to one another. Business models, platform design, and algorithms can influence labour markets, the quality of community interaction, and civic engagement. CERT examines how these decisions impact social cohesion, equity, and democratic resilience.
Sustainability
The environmental footprint of the technological revolution is set to grow in the years ahead. Increased demands for resource-hungry data centres to fuel computational appetites can only be expected as AI further mainstreams. CERT unpacks how technology both contributes to and can potentially help mitigate environmental challenges.
Safety
The harms caused by technologies – both directly and indirectly – are not bound to screens. Disinformation, financial scams, and algorithmic bias, to name some examples, have consequences in real life. CERT explores these issues to help design user-protections that are anticipatory, proportionate and rights-respecting.
Security
The orbit of geostrategic competition is subsuming an increasing set of domains. Cutting-edge chips, supply chains, and even software standards are now securitised and politicised, reshaping how countries approach, adopt and govern technology. CERT aims to assess these developments with a view to preserve national autonomy, strengthen strategic resilience, and safeguard long-term interests.
A collaboration
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Bringing together policy research and industry regulation experience
[OUR MANDATE]
We need to ensure that technology develops responsibly.
CERT will provide Malaysia with the knowledge and insight to shape technological development guided by the principle of responsibility.
This means development that prioritises:
Public interest
Ensuring benefits are widespread and not exclusionary, strengthens communities, empowers users and improves quality of life.
Human rights
Embedding privacy, security and fairness into digital systems from the start, not as afterthoughts.
Accountability
Putting a stop to the ‘move fast and break things’ model that comes at the expense of public commons.
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Evidence-based
research
CERT helps government, policymakers and regulators not just keep pace with emerging technologies, but spot opportunities, tame risks and shape a better future guided by principles of responsible technology.