AI policy

13 entries between October 2016 and October 2026, 1 turning point.

Turning points

  1. China’s State Council issues a national AI plan to 2030

    China’s State Council issued the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan, a three-stage roadmap to 2030 covering theory, technology, industry and military-civil integration, with the stated aim of making China the world’s leading center of AI innovation.

Every entry

  1. Trump forms Super Intelligence Force led by Jay Clayton

    On 4 October 2026 President Trump announced a Super Intelligence Force in a Truth Social post, tasking it with keeping America first in super intelligence and giving it 120 days to report on AI risks and opportunities. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton leads it.

  2. Canada launches National Council on AI

    On 2 October 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney launched the 13-member National Council on Artificial Intelligence, including Yoshua Bengio and Michelle Zatlyn, to advise the federal AI for All strategy.

  3. White House signs voluntary super-intelligence accord with AI firms

    Trump and six AI executives signed the voluntary White House Accord on Super Intelligence, which Trump called morally binding. It commits signatories to internal capability controls, an empowered safety team, an independent external auditor and a board committee.

  4. Bill Gates calls for legally required AI safeguards

    On 27 September 2026 Bill Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press that AI safeguards must be legally required, with law enforcement and politicians in the work and the rules mandatory. He rejected self-regulation and President Trump’s dismissal of fears of AI catastrophe as a hoax.

  5. Trump and Xi open US-China super-intelligence dialogue

    Trump and Xi established a US-China Super Intelligence Dialogue at their 24 September meeting, with the next exchange due by November 2026 and a bilateral channel for SI incidents. The White House fact sheet does not mention chip export controls.

  6. Senators introduce bipartisan AI Systems Transparency Act

    On 23 September 2026 Senators Chris Coons, Katie Britt, Brian Schatz and James Lankford introduced the AI Systems Transparency Act (S. 5471), requiring AI companies to disclose user-data collection and safeguards for children and adults, enforced by the FTC.

  7. Sanders, Casar introduce artificial superintelligence ban

    On 23 September 2026 Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act (S. 5493, H.R. 10538), banning artificial superintelligence development and pausing advanced AI until a new federal AI department sets safety rules.

  8. Anthropic names Tino Cuéllar its first global affairs officer

    Anthropic said on 4 August 2026 that Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court justice and outgoing president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, would become its first chief global affairs officer, reporting to president Daniela Amodei.

  9. Anthropic sets out its position on open-weight models

    Anthropic published its position on open-weight AI models on 27 July 2026. Chief executive Dario Amodei said open-weight models without dangerous capabilities are a public good; the company backed chip export limits and mandatory safety testing rather than a ban.

  10. White House publishes a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights

    The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights on 4 October 2022. The non-binding framework set out five principles covering safety, algorithmic discrimination, data privacy, notice and explanation, and human fallback.

  11. European Commission publishes AI ethics guidelines

    The European Commission’s high-level expert group published Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI on 8 April 2019, setting out four principles and seven requirements, among them human oversight, privacy, transparency, and accountability. The guidelines were voluntary.

  12. China’s State Council issues a national AI plan to 2030

    China’s State Council issued the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan, a three-stage roadmap to 2030 covering theory, technology, industry and military-civil integration, with the stated aim of making China the world’s leading center of AI innovation.

  13. The White House issues its first report on AI policy

    The National Science and Technology Council published “Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence,” a survey of the field and its risks with recommendations on regulation, safety, fairness and work, drawn from public workshops and a request for comment.