Thailand: IT and Internet

Thailand’s Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) 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.

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the nature of copyright infringement by enabling the extraction of creative intelligence rather than simple copying. This shift from traditional content piracy to what the author terms "Intelligence Piracy" raises critical questions about how we protect not just creative works themselves, but the accumulated knowledge and capability that makes those works possible.

Thailand’s new labeling requirements for medical devices, which include for the first time a unique device identification (UDI) requirement for software as a medical device (SaMD), take effect on June 20, 2026.

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The first Internet of Things Type 1 telecommunication license issued in Thailand was processed by Formichella Sritawat and accepted by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand.

There often needs to be clarity surrounding telecommunication licensing and cloud services. The primary reason is there is, in fact, a cloud service license requirement...