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Anutin defends TH-AI Passport as opposition seeks halt
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has insisted that the government will press ahead with the TH-AI Passport project, putting artificial intelligence at the centre of Thailand’s development agenda even as the opposition calls for the 1.6-billion-baht
Key facts
- The dispute has turned the project into a test of two competing arguments: the government’s claim that broad access to AI is now essential for national competitiveness, and the opposition’s warning that public money should not be used to
- Teerachart said TH-AI Passport was submitted to the economic Cabinet on November 10, 2025, with a registration period of 90 days
- However, during a public hearing on December 15, 2025, that period was shortened to 30 days, while the service launch period was reduced from 120 days to 90 days.
- She alleged that files connected to the company overseeing TH-AI Passport were created on October 27, 2025, even though the project’s public hearing and bidding process took place in late December 2025 and the winning bidder was announced
Summary
The dispute has turned the project into a test of two competing arguments: the government’s claim that broad access to AI is now essential for national competitiveness, and the opposition’s warning that public money should not be used to buy foreign AI services through a project it says remains clouded by procurement questions.
Anutin said the government would move forward with TH-AI Passport in full despite criticism from the opposition over the project’s terms of reference, or TOR. He said AI was becoming a decisive tool for the country’s future competitiveness and that the state had a responsibility to ensure people could access and use advanced technology more widely.