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Click a country for the laws, rules, standards, and company policies that apply there: what changed in the last year, what takes effect in the next, and the latest from the Wire.

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8 countries have entries of their own, 35 more are covered through a regional framework, and 11 entries apply everywhere. Teal is deeper where there is more; a blue outline marks countries covered through the European Union or ASEAN.

Changing now · worldwide, last 12 months

Oct 14, 2026EN 18286 · Milestone: Cited in the Official Journal via Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 (confirm)

Oct 14, 2026AI Verify / AI TAP · Milestone: First accredited testing providers named

Oct 7, 2026SynthID · Milestone: Detector opened to the public

Sep 30, 2026California AI Transparency Act · Milestone: SB 1000 effective as an urgency statute; user threshold removed

Sep 30, 2026HAIP 2.0 · Deadline: Analytical review cut-off

Sep 18, 2026California auditor framework · Milestone: Executive Order N-9-26 sets earlier internal deadlines (confirm)

Sep 15, 2026AIUC-1 · Milestone: AIUC raises $40M Series A

Sep 9, 2026California auditor framework · Adopted: Signed

Coming up · worldwide, next 12 months

Dec 2, 2026EU AI Act · Deadline: New Art. 5 bans (nudifier apps, CSAM) and Art. 50(2) marking for generative systems already on the market

Jan 1, 2027California AI Transparency Act · Applies from: Platform and hosting-platform duties

Jan 1, 2027Colorado SB 26-189 · Applies from: Effective, subject to attorney general rulemaking

Jan 22, 2027AI Basic Act · Deadline: Earliest end of the fine grace period (confirm)

Feb 2, 2027EU transparency Code · Deadline: Signatories to have interoperable watermark detection

Jul 1, 2027California chatbot laws · Applies from: SB 1119 (Adam's Law) effective

Applies everywhere · 11 international entries

RAI InstituteActive

Institute

Membership nonprofit; RAISE Pathways maps 1,100+ controls to 17 standards with verification badges in beta.

FLIActive

Institute

Publishes the AI Safety Index, which graded nine frontier labs in its Summer 2026 edition; the only company-level governance ranking in the field, and only for developers.

ArmillaActive

InsurerNeeds verification

Lloyd's coverholder writing AI liability cover up to $25M per organization, underwritten from a governance questionnaire and a technical assessment.

SynthIDActive

Standard

Invisible watermark for Google-generated media. The detector, open to everyone since October 7, 2026, also reads OpenAI, Nvidia, and Kakao watermarks and is not a general AI detector.

C2PAActive

Standard

Provenance manifests for media, version 2.3 (February 2026), with a conformance program and trust list for production signing. Adopted by Adobe, Google Pixel, Sony, Leica, Canon, OpenAI, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Cloudflare, among others.

AIGPActive

CredentialNeeds verification

The purpose-built AI governance credential, launched April 2024. Exam fee $649 for members and $799 for non-members (confirm current).

CSA STAR for AIActive

Scheme

247 controls in 18 domains mapped to ISO 42001, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, BSI AIC4, and AIUC-1; a free matrix; a 320-question self-assessment; Level 1 self-assessment in the public STAR Registry; Level 2 via ISO 42001, ISO 2700

HAIP 2.0Active

Framework

Free, public, voluntary transparency reports with separate paths for model developers, application developers, and deployers, and a simpler path for SMEs. More than 50 organizations pledged at launch.

ISO/IEC 42005Active

StandardNeeds verification

Guidance on AI system impact assessments; NIST published a crosswalk in August 2025.

ISO/IEC 42006Active

Standard

Makes accredited ISO 42001 certification possible; UKAS and RvA accreditations under way.

ISO/IEC 42001Active

Standard

The certifiable AI management system standard. 229 publicly announced certifications across 30 countries as of October 25, 2026 (19 in 2024, 89 in 2025, 120 in 2026 so far; 65 percent US-headquartered; 44 percent enterprise software).

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