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Cumulative AI-related bills passed into law since 2016, as of 2024

Bills passed into law by national legislative bodies (e.g., congress, parliament) with the keyword “artificialintelligence” (translated to the respective languages) in the title or body of the bill.

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Cumulative AI-related bills passed into law since 2016, as of 2024

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What you should know about this indicator

  • Some large bills, like the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), include multiple AI-related provisions but are counted as a single law—potentially leading to undercounting.
  • The AI Index tracks laws in 116 geographic areas, including Hong Kong and Macao, even though they are not officially recognized as independent countries.
Cumulative AI-related bills passed into law since 2016, as of 2024
Totall number of bills passed into law by national legislatures (e.g., congress or parliament) that include the term “artificial intelligence” (translated into local languages) in the title or text, from 2016 to 2024.
Source
AI Index Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
April 8, 2025
Next expected update
April 2026
Date range
2023–2023
Unit
bills

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The AI Index Report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence (AI). The mission is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, broadly sourced data to enable policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists, and the general public to develop a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI.

Retrieved on
April 8, 2025
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Nestor Maslej, Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Yolanda Gil, Vanessa Parli, Njenga Kariuki, Emily Capstick, Anka Reuel, Erik
Brynjolfsson, John Etchemendy, Katrina Ligett, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Russell Wald,
Tobi Walsh, Armin Hamrah, Lapo Santarlasci, Julia Betts Lotufo, Alexandra Rome, Andrew Shi, Sukrut Oak. “The AI Index 2025
Annual Report,” AI Index Steering Committee, Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April 2025

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