AI policy

6 entries between October 2016 and August 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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.