Global AI Legislation
Global AI Legislation
Analysis and updates on AI laws, regulations, and frameworks across key jurisdictions.
Türkiye AI Action Plan (2026-2030): Presidential Circular 2026/9
Presidential Circular no. 2026/9, published in the Official Gazette of 18 August 2026 (issue 33344), brought the Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (2026-2030) into force. The 44-page document, organised around four axes and sixteen actions, is a policy instrument addressed to the public administration, but the infrastructure, data and regulatory targets it sets will shape the private sector's compliance agenda over the next five years.
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AI Governance in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia and the UAE
The Gulf leads with strategy and soft law rather than binding AI statutes. Saudi Arabia's SDAIA and the UAE's national AI apparatus pair ambitious strategies with ethics charters and data-protection laws.
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The United States' Approach to AI: A Federal Vacuum, a State Patchwork
The US has no comprehensive federal AI law. Governance runs through a light-touch federal layer, a fast-growing patchwork of state statutes led by the Colorado AI Act, and the voluntary NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
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EU AI Act: Risk Tiers, Timeline and Penalties
The world's first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence, designed to foster innovation while protecting fundamental human rights and safety.
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Where the EU AI Act Meets Türkiye's AI Action Plan
Turkish AI companies that want to compete in global markets need to understand both Türkiye's own development goals and the European Union's strict regulatory framework.
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China's AI Legislation: Vertical Regulation and State Oversight
Where Europe has taken a horizontal, comprehensive approach, China has built a targeted, vertical body of rules based on strict state oversight, stepping in quickly as new technologies emerge. As the main rival to the US in the global AI race, China was also one of the first countries to regulate AI.
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National Artificial Intelligence Strategy of Türkiye (2021-2025)
The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, adopted by Presidential Circular No. 2021/18, is Türkiye's first policy document in this field.
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