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 Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (South Africa): Withdrawal gazetted (Notice 3978 of 2026, Gazette No. 54840). Recorded from the official source listed.
Public Act 26-15 was signed. Its frontier provisions, effective 1 October 2026, protect whistleblowers and require large frontier developers to set up an internal reporting process and report to their boards. Recorded from search extracts of the General Assembly's pages.
Practical impact: Large frontier developers should have an anonymous internal reporting process by 1 January 2027.
Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2.0 (Singapore): Update to the National AI Strategy released with 10 refreshed priorities. Recorded from the official source listed.
The Governor signed SB 26-189, which repeals and re-enacts the Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205) before its delayed 30 June 2026 effective date. The replacement law narrows the scope to automated decision-making technology that materially influences consequential decisions, drops the duty of care, impact assessments, the risk-management programme and Attorney General notification, and adds advance notice, adverse-decision disclosure, meaningful human review, three-year record keeping and developer documentation duties. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the enrolled bill.
Practical impact: Stop building to the SB 24-205 impact-assessment and risk-programme requirements; plan notice, adverse-decision disclosure, human review, record keeping and developer documentation for consequential decisions from 1 January 2027.
Milestone recorded for Rancangan Peraturan Presiden tentang Peta Jalan Kecerdasan Artifisial Nasional 2026-2029 (Indonesia): Government completes inter-ministerial finalisation of the roadmap and ethics draft regulations. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (South Africa): Minister Malatsi announces withdrawal of the draft policy. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for Ghana National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (Ghana): Official launch in Accra; Minister's opening remarks published. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (Mexico): Plan Nacional de IA presented by ATDT (April 2026). Recorded from the official source listed.
The chapter amendment to the RAISE Act was signed as chapter 96 of 2026. Its sponsor memo says it repeals the underlying 2025 chapter and establishes a new regulatory regime aligned more closely with California SB 53. Recorded from search extracts of the Senate bill page; the effective date was not confirmed.
Practical impact: Frontier developers should read the RAISE Act as amended, not the 2025 text.
Milestone recorded for Law on Artificial Intelligence (Vietnam): Law on Artificial Intelligence enters into force. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for Rancangan Peraturan Presiden tentang Peta Jalan Kecerdasan Artifisial Nasional 2026-2029 (Indonesia): Inter-ministerial plenary discusses draft Perpres on National AI Roadmap 2026-2029. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026-2030 (Bangladesh): Draft V2.0 published; consultation closed 8 February 2026. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026-2030 (Bangladesh): Draft V1.1 released for public consultation. Recorded from the official source listed.
IMDA launched a voluntary governance framework for AI agents at the World Economic Forum, covering upfront risk bounding, human accountability, technical controls across the agent lifecycle and end-user responsibility, and said it was developing testing guidelines for agentic applications. Recorded from search extracts of IMDA and MDDI pages.
Practical impact: Organisations deploying AI agents can use it as a reference for governance and controls.
Milestone recorded for Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (South Korea): Act enters into force. Recorded from the official source listed.
AI Basic ActAct enters into forceVerified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
The Working for Workers Four Act provisions took effect requiring employers with 25 or more employees to state in public job postings whether AI is used to screen, assess or select applicants.
Practical impact: Add an AI-use statement to every public job posting for Ontario roles.
Public Act 103-0804 became effective: discriminatory AI use in employment decisions is a civil-rights violation and employers must notify employees of AI use.
Practical impact: Employers must have notices and bias testing in place for AI tools affecting Illinois workers.
Milestone recorded for National AI Strategy (Egypt): NCAI mandate expanded to AI, Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies (January 2026). Recorded from the official source listed.
Most provisions of the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act took effect, including the duty to publish a frontier AI framework and report critical safety incidents.
Practical impact: Large frontier developers should now have a published framework and incident-reporting process.
Milestone recorded for Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan (Japan): First AI Basic Plan adopted by Cabinet decision. Recorded from the official source listed.
The Governor signed the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act with agreed amendments aligning it to California SB 53, requiring large frontier developers to publish safety protocols and report critical incidents, reportedly effective 1 January 2027.
Practical impact: Frontier-model developers serving New York should align safety documentation with California SB 53 to satisfy both laws; verify the enrolled chapter text.
Milestone recorded for Law on Artificial Intelligence (Vietnam): Law No. 134/2025/QH15 passed by the National Assembly. Recorded from the official source listed.
Milestone recorded for National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (Vietnam): National Assembly passes the Law on Artificial Intelligence, creating a binding framework. Recorded from the official source listed.
Disclaimer: informational only, not legal advice. Verify every claim against the linked official sources and consult a qualified lawyer before acting.
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