AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

AI and machine learning

556 on file · 318 became law · 142 still moving · 23 moved in 30 days

United States (federal)

NO FAKES Act of 2025

Would create a federal right protecting individuals' voice and visual likeness from unauthorized AI generated digital replicas.

Introduced
Rwanda
Rwandaunverified

Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence

Declaration adopted at the Global AI Summit on Africa setting a shared African vision to use AI for economic competitiveness and to promote ethical, trustworthy and inclusive AI governance.

Adopted
South Dakota

Deepfakes to influence an election

Makes it a misdemeanor to distribute a deepfake of a candidate with intent to injure the candidate within a set period before an election unless it carries a disclosure.

In force
European Union
European UnionCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/454

AI Act scientific panel implementing regulation

Sets the rules for establishing and operating the AI Act scientific panel of independent experts that advises the AI Office, including on systemic risks from general-purpose AI models.

In force
Kentucky

State government AI governance and election synthetic media

Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to set AI policy standards and creates an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee for state agency AI use, and creates a cause of action over undisclosed synthetic media in electioneering communications.

In force
United States (federal)

Thaler v. Perlmutter

The D.C. Circuit held that the Copyright Act requires human authorship and upheld the Copyright Office's refusal to register a work created autonomously by an AI system.

Ruled
New Mexico

Artificial Intelligence Act

Would have enacted the Artificial Intelligence Act to regulate the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems.

Failed
Colombia
ColombiaCONPES 4144

Colombia National Artificial Intelligence Policy

Sets Colombia's national AI policy with 106 actions to 2030 across ethics and governance, data and infrastructure, research, skills and adoption, with an estimated investment of about COP 479,273 million.

Adopted
Switzerland

Federal Council approach to AI regulation

Federal Council decision that Switzerland will ratify the Council of Europe AI Convention, amend Swiss law accordingly, and continue sector-specific AI regulation in areas such as health and transport.

Adopted
European Union

Guidelines on prohibited AI practices

Non-binding Commission guidelines with legal explanations and practical examples of the AI practices banned under Article 5 of the AI Act, such as harmful manipulation, social scoring and real-time remote biometric identification.

Adopted
Oklahoma
OklahomaHB 1916

Responsible Deployment of AI Systems Act

Would require deployers of high-risk AI systems to classify, assess and document them and to notify people when such systems influence consequential decisions, and would create an AI council and regulatory sandbox.

Failed
United Kingdom

AI Opportunities Action Plan

Independent report led by Matt Clifford, adopted by the government, setting out 50 recommendations to expand AI infrastructure, drive AI adoption across the economy and improve public services.

Adopted
Canada
CanadaBill C-27 (44th Parliament, 1st Session)

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (including AIDA)

Government bill that would have enacted the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act; it died when Parliament was prorogued.

Failed
United Nations
United NationsA/RES/79/175

The right to privacy in the digital age (2024)

Calls on States to respect and protect the right to privacy in the digital age, including in the context of surveillance, data collection and the design, use and governance of artificial intelligence.

Adopted
United States (federal)

CREATE AI Act of 2024

Senate version of the bill to establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource for shared AI research computing and data.

In committee
European Union
European UnionDirective (EU) 2024/2853

Product Liability Directive

Replaces the 1985 product liability rules and extends no-fault liability for defective products to software, including AI systems, digital manufacturing files and related digital services.

In force
United Nations
United NationsA/RES/79/62

Lethal autonomous weapons systems (2024)

Follows up resolution 78/241 by deciding to convene open informal consultations in New York in 2025 on lethal autonomous weapons systems, complementing the work of the Group of Governmental Experts under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

Adopted
European Union
European UnionDirective (EU) 2024/2831

Platform Work Directive

Creates a legal presumption of employment for people working through digital labour platforms and sets the first EU rules on algorithmic management, including human oversight of automated decisions and limits on processing workers' personal data.

In force
North Carolina

Modernize Sex Crimes

Updates sexual exploitation of minor laws to cover realistic visual depictions created or modified with algorithms or artificial intelligence, and revises related sex crime provisions.

In force