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AI Safety
AI safety legislation and standards focus on preventing harm from AI systems through pre-deployment evaluation, ongoing monitoring, and incident reporting. AIGI tracks every primary-source AI safety law, regulation, and guidance update across global jurisdictions. As of the most recent update, AIGI tracks 382 primary-source items on ai safety across global jurisdictions.
Coverage at a glance
- Items tracked
- 382
- Jurisdictions
- 8
- Last update
- 1/20/2026
Most active jurisdictions
Recent ai safety activity
- BR enforcement action enforcement 1/20/2026
ANPD, MPF e Senacon recomendam que X impeça geração e circulação de conteúdos sexualizados indevidos por meio do Grok
Brazilian agencies ANPD, MPF, and Senacon issued recommendations to X (Twitter) to prevent and remove non-consensual sexualized synthetic content generated by its AI tool, Grok.
Authority: Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (Brazil)
- EU speech 7/9/2026
[EU Commission Press] Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the OECD Gender Equality Forum
Commissioner Lahbib's speech at the OECD Gender Equality Forum highlights the risks of AI-generated explicit images and the need for addressing online harms.
Authority: European Commission
- WV agency report enforcement 7/7/2026
[West Virginia AG] West Virginia lawsuit against Apple for allowing child sexual abuse materials on its platform moves forward
West Virginia's lawsuit against Apple, alleging failures to detect and report child sexual abuse materials due to product design and lack of detection technology, has been remanded to state court.
Authority: West Virginia Attorney General
- NY press release enacted 5/9/2025
Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Expanding Historic Empire AI Consortium and Establishing Nation-Leading AI Protections for Responsible Growth as Part of the FY 2026 Budget
Governor Hochul signed legislation expanding the Empire AI consortium and enacting new laws for AI companion safety and prohibiting AI-generated child sexual abuse material in New York.
Authority: New York State Governor's Office
- IL news analysis enacted
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL’S LEGISLATION ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES IS SIGNED INTO LAW
Illinois enacted a new law (HB 4623) making it illegal to use AI to create child sexual abuse images involving real children or obscene imagery, and prohibiting nonconsensual dissemination of AI-generated sexual images.
Authority: Illinois Attorney General
- HI agency report enforcement
ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ JOINS BIPARTISAN COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST META FOR HARMING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Hawaii Attorney General Lopez joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in suing Meta for knowingly designing social media platforms with harmful features that purposefully addict children and teens, violating consumer protection and child privacy laws.
Authority: Hawaii Attorney General
- HI news analysis enforcement
STATE OF HAWAIʻI ANNOUNCES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST TIKTOK FOR HARMING CHILDREN AND MISLEADING THE PUBLIC
Hawaii's Attorney General announced a lawsuit against TikTok's parent company, ByteDance Inc., for allegedly designing an addictive platform that harms children and misleads the public about its risks.
Authority: Hawaii Attorney General
- KY enforcement action enforcement 1/8/2026
AG Coleman Sues AI Chatbot Company for Preying on Children
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a lawsuit against AI chatbot company Character Technologies for allegedly preying on children and leading them to self-harm, violating state consumer protection laws.
Authority: Kentucky Attorney General
- IL agency report enforcement
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS 44 STATES IN DEMANDING COMPANIES END PREDATORY AI INTERACTIONS WITH KIDS
A bipartisan coalition of 44 US Attorneys General warns major AI companies to immediately cease AI chatbots' sexually inappropriate and harmful interactions with children and to implement strong guardrails.
Authority: Illinois Attorney General
- TN legislation introduced
[TN Legislature] HB1951 (GA114): Criminal Offenses — As introduced, creates a new offense of coercive suicide; specifies that a person or entity commits the offense of coerc
Tennessee bill HB1951 proposes creating a criminal offense for persons or entities whose AI systems advise or encourage a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide.
Authority: Tennessee Legislature
- NC advisory opinion effective 4/17/2026
[North Carolina AG] Attorney General Jeff Jackson Warns North Carolinians of Investment Scams on Meta Platforms
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson warns citizens about investment scams using deepfake technology on Meta Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Authority: North Carolina Attorney General
- NC guidance advisory 4/17/2026
[North Carolina AG] Attorney General Jeff Jackson Warns North Carolinians of Investment Scams on Meta Platforms
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson warns residents about investment scams, including 'pump and dump' and 'confidence' scams, utilizing deepfake technology on Meta platforms.
Authority: North Carolina Attorney General
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Frequently asked questions
- What is AI Safety?
- AI safety legislation and standards focus on preventing harm from AI systems through pre-deployment evaluation, ongoing monitoring, and incident reporting. AIGI tracks every primary-source AI safety law, regulation, and guidance update across global jurisdictions.
- How many ai safety laws does AIGI track?
- AIGI currently tracks 382 primary-source items under ai safety — spanning bills, regulations, enforcement actions, court opinions, and agency guidance from authorities across global jurisdictions.
- Which jurisdictions are most active on ai safety?
- Most active jurisdictions on ai safety in the current corpus: US (9), IL (7), BR (5), NC (5), HI (4).
- How current is AIGI's ai safety coverage?
- The most recent ai safety item AIGI tracked was published on 1/20/2026. AIGI runs continuous ingestion against every active authority source.
- Where do AIGI's ai safety citations come from?
- Every item on this page links to its primary government or research source. AIGI's citation methodology is documented at /how-we-cite — we do not paraphrase or remix secondary commentary; we resolve every pointer to the underlying authority.
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