"You don't need to be an oracle to know that the coming year will see further advances in artificial intelligence, as updated and new models, publications and patents continue their inexorable rise. If current trends are a reliable guide, many countries will also be enacting more AI-related laws and regulations. In 2023, at least 30 such laws were passed around the world, according to the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2025, produced by researchers at Stanford University in California. The following year saw another 40."
"Over the past couple of years, AI lawmaking has been busiest in the East Asia and Pacific region, in Europe and in individual US states. Between them, US states passed 82 AI-related bills in 2024. But there are some notable cold spots, too: there has been relatively little activity in low and lower-middle-income countries (see 'AI policy trends'). Meanwhile, the US federal government is bucking the trend by cancelling AI policy work and challenging state-level AI laws."
"This must be the year that more lower-income countries start regulating AI technologies, and that the United States is persuaded of the dangers of its approach. The country is one of the biggest markets for AI technologies, and people around the world are using models developed mainly by US companies. All nations need AI laws and policies, regardless of their position on the spectrum of producers and consumers."
Artificial intelligence continues rapid advancement with new models, publications and patents increasing globally. Many countries are enacting AI laws and regulations, with at least 30 passed in 2023 and another 40 the following year. AI lawmaking has been busiest in East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and individual US states, where 82 AI-related bills were passed in 2024. Low and lower-middle-income countries show relatively little policy activity. The US federal government has cancelled AI policy work and is challenging state-level laws. All nations require AI laws to govern use in energy, food, pharmaceuticals and communications. China and European authorities are treating AI regulation seriously, and most provisions of the EU AI Act are expected to come into force in August.
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