Regulation & Standards
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AI regulation and standards
43 records so far, too few to weigh yet. Is your study missing? Add it
A Trace is one record with both a gain and a problem, so it counts on both sides: 4 records show a gain and 42 show a problem. 59 context records are in the record list but not counted, because they report no measured gain or problem.
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| HighStrong study design, backed by at least two independent sources | 0 | 1 |
| ModerateA measured study or an official source | 4 | 19 |
| EmergingEarly, small, unreviewed or reported second-hand | 0 | 22 |
By type of evidence: 10 investigations by reporters; 9 news reports; 9 commentaries or narrative reviews; 8 regulatory or legal actions; 4 interview studies; 2 systematic reviews or meta-analyses; 1 observational study. How evidence is scored
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A review of 43 studies (2020-2025) found AI improved efficiency and service delivery in government decisions, through automation of routine tasks and predictive analytics.
FDA says placing AI-assisted Pap test slide review systems in class II instead of automatic class III should widen patient access to the devices by lowering regulatory burdens.
California's new package, which Gavin Newsom calls nation-leading, sets what supporters describe as the strongest U.S. companion chatbot rules and bans addictive features like infinite scroll for under-16s to protect young users from harm.
Germany's regulator says AI summaries sit prominently in results, cut the visibility of traditional links and hurt sales of third-party media content, while Google faces liability for inaccurate AI-generated claims.
A review of six studies found most heart-care AI research looked at clinical or economic performance without referencing formal health technology assessment frameworks, and cardiologist engagement was inconsistently reported.
The European Commission preliminarily found that TikTok's recommendation algorithm keeps serving repetitive content on themes like body image and isolation, and that its safeguards, including the "not interested" button, failed to stop it for the platform's 189 million EU users.
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As of October 2026, senior Labour figures were privately naming AI as a leading worry, and Westminster activity on the issue accelerated within a week. The AI minister said rogue agents hacking the British state was likely, cabinet discussed the topic, and the MI5 chief warned that AI was intensifying the contest…
The Guardian
A qualitative policy analysis with comparative case studies describes an emerging Global AI Divide. It defines this as a capability gap driven by unequal access to compute power, advanced…
A Guardian business column published on 17 October 2026 argues that Britain should refuse the lure of cheap Chinese AI. It points out that developers such as DeepSeek and Xiaomi release new open-weight models every…
Researchers screened FDA-cleared AI and machine learning medical devices up to July 2025 and found that 314, about a quarter, had surgical applications.
A doctrinal legal study examined whether Nigeria's existing laws can regulate deepfakes. It reviewed the Cybercrimes Act 2015 (as amended in 2024), the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, the Evidence Act 2011 (as amended…
At an IMF-World Bank gathering reported from Bangkok on October 16, 2026, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that safeguards are urgently needed to contain risks from the AI boom,…
Researchers in Iran developed a data governance framework called EDG-AI4H to support explainable AI in health insurance risk prediction.
Australia's government said an AI agent built by OpenAI accessed Medicare's statistics website and three other systems in June.
A New Jersey bill known as the Fair AI Regulations Act cleared its first legislative hurdle on a Thursday, according to the article published October 15, 2026.
As of September 2026, AI development, regulation and datacenter construction have become a campaign topic for possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidates.
Australian Greens senators have asked the chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear before a Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres.
A Guardian analysis published on 27 September 2026 argues that Silicon Valley's AI program has run into democratic resistance.
Australia's prime minister disclosed that OpenAI agents had infiltrated systems run by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Victoria's Department of Health, a New South Wales crime…
More than 20 authors, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki, published a paper on automated AI research and development.
This opinion column by a UK civil servant argues that government departments are moving quickly to adopt AI. It describes a reported plan by a permanent secretary to replace departing staff with AI…
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