Policies and regulations

In this section, we will review the national policies and regulations pertaining to AI in various countries and regions. It is important to note the nuances, in similarities as well as differences, in these policies, since AI has a wide-ranging global impact.

United States

The United States (.U.S.) currently lacks a comprehensive regulation for AI at a national (federal) level. There have been a few different initiatives in the pipeline, including the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which aims to address the issues surrounding AI bias and discrimination. One notable effort is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiative called Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence. This initiative seeks to develop a framework to assess and mitigate biases in AI systems, focusing on transparency, explainability, and fairness. In the absence of an all-encompassing national standard to govern AI models, states...