AI policy updates
The last 30 days: 200 AI policy changes recorded across 2 jurisdictions. Each is dated, links to its official source, and shows what it means in practice.
Summary of last 90 days last 30 days
Last updated · most recent change 7 Nov 2026
Dataset 3335c39da4b7 → 9710140e23e4.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v3 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 3335c39da4b7 → 9710140e23e4.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v3 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset f2c51be75503 → d342f4e5d87f.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v10 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 115d051c7dcc → f2c51be75503.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v9 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 8d3b70fcbd73 → 115d051c7dcc.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v8 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 76ad96928b9c → 8d3b70fcbd73.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v7 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset bcf121f8b3f3 → 76ad96928b9c.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v6 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 051ce01569fc → bcf121f8b3f3.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v5 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 3335c39da4b7 → 051ce01569fc. Sheet "Checklist": 0 → 5 rows (+5). Sheet "Dates": 0 → 2 rows (+2). Document: 5 → 29 blocks. Record citations: 0 → 12.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v3 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset dd760846d177 → 051ce01569fc.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v4 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 3335c39da4b7 → dd760846d177.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v3 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Deadlines": 22 → 23 rows (+1). Record citations: 64 → 65.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Documentation duties": 10 → 11 rows (+1). Document: 87 → 85 blocks. Record citations: 20 → 21.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Checklist": 10 → 0 rows (-10). Sheet "Dates": 3 → 0 rows (-3). Document: 103 → 5 blocks. Record citations: 31 → 0.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 7c0835db52c1 → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Crosswalk": 108 → 98 rows (-10). Sheet "Coverage": 17 → 16 rows (-1). Record citations: 108 → 98.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Oversight duties": 34 → 35 rows (+1). Document: 53 → 52 blocks. Record citations: 42 → 43.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Incident duties": 9 → 7 rows (-2). Document: 69 → 57 blocks. Record citations: 256 → 252.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Oversight duties": 8 → 9 rows (+1). Document: 60 → 65 blocks. Record citations: 16 → 18.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Duties by jurisdiction": 7 → 6 rows (-1). Document: 54 → 48 blocks. Record citations: 14 → 12.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Impact-assessment duties": 7 → 6 rows (-1). Record citations: 8 → 7.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 7c0835db52c1 → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Dates": 7 → 9 rows (+2). Record citations: 51 → 53.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Risk duties": 13 → 10 rows (-3). Record citations: 39 → 36.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
Dataset 914895c3103e → 3335c39da4b7. Sheet "Duties by role": 112 → 107 rows (-5). Document: 77 → 75 blocks. Record citations: 166 → 161.
Practical impact: Organisations using the v2 file should download the new version; the README page in each file states which dataset it was built from.
The Governor issued an executive order asking a working group to recommend, within about two months, measures to strengthen California's AI safety and security laws, including whether developers of frontier models should maintain a shutdown capability and whether independent third parties should prepare safety plans. It creates no new obligations itself. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm the order's number and text on the Governor's site.
Practical impact: No obligations yet; frontier-model developers should watch for the working group's recommendations.
SB 1050 makes it unlawful to create or publish an advertisement that prominently includes a synthetic performer (a human-like digital voice, figure or representation created at least partly with generative AI and not depicting an identifiable person) without a clear and conspicuous disclosure. It takes effect on 1 January 2027. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the chaptered text.
Practical impact: Advertisers and agencies should add a clear disclosure to any California advertisement that features an AI-generated performer from 1 January 2027.
SB 1119 was chaptered (Chapter 190, Statutes of 2026). Operators must carry out a child-focused risk assessment before releasing a new or substantially modified companion chatbot from 1 July 2027, and commission child-safety audits by 1 January 2029. Recorded from search extracts of the legislature's pages.
Practical impact: Companion chatbot operators should plan a documented child-safety risk assessment before mid-2027 releases.
The most recent change on record occurred on 7 November 2026. The page is generated from the records, so it changes the moment a new entry is logged; the "Last updated" time above is the last edit to any record shown.
Every entry is written from an official source — a journal, a regulator, a legislature — and links to it. Nothing here is a press summary of a press summary. Entries record what changed, the status after the change and what it means in practice.
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