AI Regulation
Concept
Governance & Policy
The EU legislates, the US pivots, everyone watches compute.
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The EU AI Act (in force August 2024, obligations phasing through 2027) is the first comprehensive AI law — risk tiers, GPAI model duties, compute-threshold triggers. The US swung from the 2023 safety-focused executive order to a 2025 acceleration-and-exports posture; state laws (California, Colorado) fill gaps; China licenses models before release. For infrastructure, permitting and energy policy now matter as much as model rules.
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Record reviewed as of 2026-01-15 — see Methodology.