AI regulations around the world
Each jurisdiction page answers the same questions: what is binding, what is guidance, what applies when, and where the official sources are. Coverage grows only as records are source-backed and reviewed.
- Binding AI law in force 37
- Binding AI law adopted 4
- Strategy, guidance or existing law 65
- Nothing recorded yet 92
Americas
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Alberta (Canada)
State · part of Canada · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Antigua and Barbuda
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Argentina
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Disposición 2/2023 (2023, regulation, in force); Decisión Administrativa 899/2024 (2024, regulation, in force). Each is linked to its official source; human...
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Bahamas
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Barbados
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Belize
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Bolivia
Country · 0 instruments
Bolivia's e-government agency has published AI ethics guidance for the public sector; no AI-specific law recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommuni...
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Brazil
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Projeto de Lei nº 2338/2023 (2023, bill, proposed); Plano Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial 2024-2028 (2024, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its of...
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British Columbia (Canada)
State · part of Canada · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Buenos Aires Province (Argentina)
State · part of Argentina · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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California (United States)
State · part of United States · 7 instruments
Several binding statutes in force or with 2026 effective dates; SB 53 operative from 1 January 2026. The state's privacy regulator also enforces automated-decision-making rules. A...
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Canada
Country · 3 instruments
Instruments on record: Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2017, strategy, adopted); Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (2022, bill, archived); Voluntary Code of Condu...
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Chile
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Política Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (2024, strategy, adopted); Proyecto de ley que regula los sistemas de inteligencia artificial, Boletín 16821-19...
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Colombia
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: Documento CONPES 4144 (2025, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Colorado (United States)
State · part of United States · 2 instruments
SB 24-205 was repealed and replaced by SB 26-189 on 14 May 2026, before its delayed 30 June 2026 effective date. The replacement law, built around automated decision-making technol...
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Connecticut (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Costa Rica
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy 2024–2027 adopted; AI bill under consideration in the Legislative Assembly.
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Cuba
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy and ministerial resolution (2024) as policy.
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Dominica
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Dominican Republic
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy (2023) as policy; no AI-specific law.
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Ecuador
Country · 1 instrument
AI bill under consideration; data-protection law applies; national AI policy in development.
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El Salvador
Country · 1 instrument
El Salvador enacted a Law for the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in February 2025, one of the first AI-specific laws in Latin America, creating an A...
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Goiás (Brazil)
State · part of Brazil · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Grenada
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Guatemala
Country · 0 instruments
An AI regulation bill has been introduced in Congress; no adopted AI-specific instrument recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sect...
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Guyana
Country · 0 instruments
Guyana announced a national AI strategy process with UNESCO in 2025; adoption not confirmed. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rul...
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Haiti
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Honduras
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Illinois (United States)
State · part of United States · 4 instruments
AI Video Interview Act in force (2020); HB 3773 employment-AI amendments effective 1 January 2026; BIPA applies to biometric AI.
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Jamaica
Country · 1 instrument
National AI policy framework (2024) as policy; data-protection law applies.
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Kentucky (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Maryland (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Mexico
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de (2025, bill, proposed); Plan Naciona...
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Montana (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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New York (United States)
State · part of United States · 3 instruments
NYC Local Law 144 enforced since July 2023; RAISE Act enacted December 2025 (effective 2027); DFS guidance for regulated entities.
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Nicaragua
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Ontario (Canada)
State · part of Canada · 2 instruments
Public-sector AI framework act (2024) with regulations to follow; job-posting AI disclosure in force from January 2026.
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Panama
Country · 1 instrument
AI bill under consideration; national AI strategy in development; data-protection law applies.
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Paraguay
Country · 1 instrument
National AI policy (2024) as policy; AI bills under consideration.
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Paraná (Brazil)
State · part of Brazil · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Peru
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Ley N° 31814 (2023, act, in force); Decreto Supremo N° 115-2025-PCM (2025, act, in force). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Quebec (Canada)
State · part of Canada · 1 instrument
Law 25 automated-decision and biometric provisions in force since September 2023.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Saint Lucia
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Suriname
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Tennessee (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
ELVIS Act (voice and likeness protection against unauthorised AI cloning) in force since 1 July 2024; no general AI statute.
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Texas (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
TRAIGA in force from 1 January 2026; enforcement by the Attorney General.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Country · 0 instruments
Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Digital Transformation published a draft national AI policy for consultation in 2025. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, teleco...
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United States
Country · 5 instruments
Federal: executive-branch policy (Executive Order 14179 of January 2025 and the July 2025 AI Action Plan) plus binding OMB requirements for federal agencies' use and procurement of...
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Uruguay
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: Estrategia Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial del Uruguay 2024-2030 (2024, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pen...
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Utah (United States)
State · part of United States · 2 instruments
AI Policy Act in force since May 2024 (amended 2025); mental-health chatbot law (2025); Office of AI Policy operating.
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Venezuela
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Washington State (United States)
State · part of United States · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
Pending review (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
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Frequently asked questions
Which countries have AI laws?
4 countries and supranational bodies have a binding AI instrument in force on record: United States, Argentina, Peru, El Salvador. A binding instrument here means an act, regulation, rule or order with legal force, which is not always an AI-specific act. 11 jurisdictions have a national AI strategy or plan on record. Most still regulate AI through strategies, guidance or existing law rather than an AI act.
Does every jurisdiction listed here have an AI law?
No, and that is deliberate. Many are recorded with no AI-specific instrument at all, because "nothing binding yet" is a real and useful answer. Each jurisdiction states its regulatory status in words rather than implying a law exists.
What is the difference between a country, a region and a state here?
They are all jurisdictions, and each record says which kind it is. Supranational bodies such as the EU, the Council of Europe and ASEAN sit alongside countries, and sub-national records such as US states or Canadian provinces are kept separate from their federal government because their rules differ.
How do I compare two jurisdictions?
The comparison tool takes two to four jurisdictions and puts them side by side on regulatory status, binding legislation, high-risk and generative-AI rules, transparency, impact assessment, oversight, public-sector rules and dates, with every cell drawn from the same published records.