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Argentina primarily governs AI-relevant practices through personal-data rules, consumer protection, and public-sector policy rather than a single comprehensive AI Act.
Read full definitionAustralia’s AI approach combines voluntary AI ethics principles and guidance with privacy law and consumer-protection overlays; comprehensive AI-specific binding legislation remains limited or evolving.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Austria is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Belgium is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionBrazil’s comprehensive AI bill (notably PL 2338/2023) has advanced in Congress but is not treated here as enacted law; binding overlays include LGPD and consumer protection.
Read full definitionCanada does not currently have a comprehensive federal AI statute in force; proposed AIDA (Bill C-27) did not become law, so AI is governed mainly by privacy law, voluntary codes, and public-sector directives.
Read full definitionChile has advanced AI policy and bill discussions alongside privacy and consumer law; a comprehensive AI Act is not assumed in force in this educational snapshot.
Read full definitionChina regulates AI through sector-specific binding measures—especially generative AI, deep synthesis, and algorithm recommendation filing—rather than a single EU-style horizontal AI Act alone.
Read full definitionColombia addresses AI through digital policy, personal-data rules, and consumer-protection oversight rather than an assumed EU-style horizontal AI Act.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Denmark is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionEgypt’s AI approach centers on national digital/AI strategy and emerging data rules alongside sector oversight, without assuming an EU-style AI Act is in force.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Finland is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in France is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Germany is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Greece is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionHong Kong (SAR) is distinct from mainland China’s generative-AI measures; AI is mainly addressed via privacy law, sector guidance, and policy rather than mainland CAC generative-AI rules automatically applying.
Read full definitionIceland, as an EEA state, generally tracks EU digital regulation; EU AI Act applicability depends on EEA incorporation and national steps—verify rather than assume identical EU timelines.
Read full definitionIndia’s AI landscape mixes MeitY advisories and strategy materials with emerging digital personal-data rules and sector regulation, without a single EU-style horizontal AI Act in force.
Read full definitionIndonesia mixes national AI ethics/strategy guidance with the Personal Data Protection Law and sector circulars rather than an EU-style horizontal AI Act.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Ireland is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionIsrael primarily addresses AI through policy, ethics guidance, and privacy/sector law rather than a single comprehensive binding AI Act comparable to the EU AI Act.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Italy is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionJapan combines soft-law AI business guidelines with a 2025 AI promotion basic law focused on coordination and innovation; it is not an EU AI Act–style prohibition-and-conformity regime.
Read full definitionKenya addresses AI primarily through data-protection law, ICT policy, and strategy documents rather than a verified comprehensive AI Act in this snapshot.
Read full definitionMalaysia’s AI approach emphasizes national AI roadmaps and personal-data rules, without assuming a comprehensive binding AI Act comparable to the EU AI Act.
Read full definitionMexico addresses AI mainly through privacy, consumer, and sector rules plus policy initiatives, without assuming a comprehensive binding AI Act in force.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Netherlands is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionNew Zealand does not have a comprehensive AI-specific binding statute comparable to the EU AI Act; AI uses are mainly addressed through privacy law, public-sector guidance, and general consumer and sector rules.
Read full definitionNigeria’s AI posture combines national digital/AI strategy materials with data-protection rules and NITDA guidance, without assuming an EU-style horizontal AI Act.
Read full definitionNorway is an EEA state closely aligned with EU digital rules; EU AI Act relevance depends on EEA incorporation and national implementation—treat as Partially applicable / Mixed pending official EEA status checks.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Poland is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Portugal is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Romania is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionSaudi Arabia’s AI approach centers on SDAIA strategy and data governance frameworks, with personal-data rules overlaying many AI uses rather than a single EU-style AI Act.
Read full definitionSingapore is best known for voluntary AI governance tools such as the Model AI Governance Framework, paired with binding personal-data rules under the PDPA rather than an EU-style horizontal AI Act.
Read full definitionSouth Africa mainly addresses AI through the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), consumer and sector law, and national AI policy discussions rather than a comprehensive AI Act.
Read full definitionSouth Korea enacted the AI Basic Act (Framework Act on AI development and trustworthiness), a binding national AI framework that took effect in January 2026, alongside privacy and sector rules.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Spain is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Sweden is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionSwitzerland is not an EU Member State; AI is addressed through federal policy, data-protection law, and sector rules, with attention to EU market spillover rather than automatic AI Act application.
Read full definitionTaiwan addresses AI through strategy, guidance, and personal-data law, with AI-specific legislation status requiring verification against official sources.
Read full definitionThailand addresses AI through digital agency guidance, PDPA personal-data rules, and policy initiatives rather than an assumed EU-style AI Act.
Read full definitionAI regulation in Czech Republic is driven mainly by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as directly applicable EU law, plus GDPR and nationally designated competent authorities.
Read full definitionThe European Union regulates AI primarily through Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act), a risk-based horizontal law with staggered application, alongside GDPR and sector rules.
Read full definitionThe Philippines primarily governs AI-relevant practices through the Data Privacy Act, DICT policy, and sector rules rather than a verified comprehensive AI Act.
Read full definitionThe UAE combines national AI strategy and emerging sector or free-zone rules with data-protection overlays; it is not described here as a single EU-style horizontal AI Act.
Read full definitionThe United Kingdom follows a pro-innovation, regulator-led approach to AI rather than a single EU-style AI Act, combining government policy, ICO guidance, and sector-regulator duties with UK GDPR.
Read full definitionThe United States has no single comprehensive federal AI Act; AI is governed by a mixed stack of executive policy, voluntary NIST frameworks, sector regulators, consumer-protection law, and growing state statutes.
Read full definitionTürkiye addresses AI through national AI strategy materials, personal-data law (KVKK), and sector rules rather than an assumed EU AI Act clone in force.
Read full definitionVietnam’s AI landscape combines national digital/AI strategy and personal-data rules with sector oversight; a comprehensive AI Act is not assumed in force here.
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