Dated, source-backed updates: what changed, the practical impact, the status after the change and the official source. Urgent and high-impact items are separated from routine updates.
Milestone recorded for Política Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (Chile): Updated National AI Policy and Action Plan presented. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
SB 149 became effective, requiring disclosure of generative-AI interaction on request in consumer transactions and proactively in regulated occupations, and creating the Office of AI Policy and a learning laboratory.
Practical impact: Businesses using chatbots with Utah consumers need disclosure processes; the 2025 amendments narrowed the duty to high-risk interactions.
Milestone recorded for AI Guidelines for Business (Japan): AI Guidelines for Business Ver1.0 published. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Resolution A/RES/78/265, adopted by consensus with more than 120 co-sponsors, encourages states to promote trustworthy AI for sustainable development and to develop governance frameworks.
Practical impact: Non-binding, but it anchors AI governance in the UN system and led to the 2025 scientific panel and global dialogue.
Milestone recorded for IndiaAI Mission (India): Cabinet approves IndiaAI Mission with INR 10,371.92 crore outlay. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (India): Union Cabinet approves the IndiaAI Mission, operationalising national AI investment. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Surat Edaran Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 9 Tahun 2023 tentang Etika Kecerdasan Artifisial (Indonesia): Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
ISO and IEC published ISO/IEC 42001:2023, a certifiable management-system standard for organisations developing, providing or using AI, with lifecycle controls in Annex A.
Practical impact: Organisations can certify AI governance; procurement and regulators increasingly reference it as evidence.
The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Justice published Israel's AI policy, preferring sector regulation and soft tools over a horizontal law, with common ethical principles and a coordination centre.
Practical impact: Organisations in Israel should expect sector regulators, not a single AI law, to set requirements.
Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2.0 (Singapore): NAIS 2.0 launched by DPM Lawrence Wong. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
At the first AI Safety Summit, signatories including the US, China and the EU agreed to cooperate on identifying and managing frontier-AI safety risks, launching the summit series and the network of AI safety institutes.
Practical impact: Signals that frontier-model safety evaluation would become a shared government priority; no direct obligations.
G7 leaders agreed international guiding principles and a voluntary code of conduct with eleven actions for organisations developing advanced AI systems, including risk evaluation, incident monitoring, transparency reporting and content authentication.
Practical impact: Frontier and foundation-model developers gained a common voluntary baseline that later fed into the OECD reporting framework and the EU GPAI code of practice.
Milestone recorded for Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems (Canada): Code published with initial signatories. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
The second tranche of Law 25 came into force, requiring enterprises to inform individuals of decisions based exclusively on automated processing, explain factors on request, allow observations, declare biometric databases and run privacy impact assessments.
Practical impact: Any organisation making fully automated decisions about Quebec residents must add notices, explanation and human-review channels.
Milestone recorded for AI Ethics Principles (Saudi Arabia): AI Ethics Principles version 1.0 issued (September 2023). Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (Nigeria): FMCIDE announces initiative to co-create a National AI Strategy. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (China): Measures enter into force. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (China): Measures published (Order No. 15, dated 10 July 2023). Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection started enforcing bias-audit, published-summary and candidate-notice requirements for automated employment decision tools used for hiring or promotion in the city.
Practical impact: Employers using screening tools for NYC roles need an annual independent bias audit and ten business days of notice to candidates.
Milestone recorded for Ley N° 31814 (Peru): Law 31814 published in El Peruano. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Disposición 2/2023 (Argentina): Published in the Boletín Oficial. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (Canada): Second reading passed; referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for The National AI Policy (Rwanda): Policy approved by Cabinet (per policy partners); full text published by MINICT. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Thailand National AI Strategy and Action Plan (Thailand): English overview of the strategy published on Thailand's official AI portal. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
Milestone recorded for Thailand National AI Strategy and Action Plan (Thailand): Cabinet approves the National AI Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2027). Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.
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