According to new Global Trends research by Cullen International on policies and regulation on artificial intelligence (AI), most monitored jurisdictions have so far launched national strategies or plans on AI and have allocated funding to advance AI initiatives.

Only China, the EU and Korea have adopted regulatory frameworks on AI. Four more jurisdictions are proposing doing so. All other jurisdictions have a light-touch regulatory approach on AI.

Some AI-related concerns, such as privacy and consumer protection, are often covered in existing laws and regulations in most jurisdictions covered in this benchmark. All monitored jurisdictions with the only exception of the US adopted rules or guidelines on AI-based decision making.

China was the first, amongst the jurisdictions covered in this benchmark, to regulate the production and use of generative AI systems. In their risk-based approaches on AI regulation, both the EU and Korea also addressed generative AI systems in their respective legal frameworks on AI.

Some jurisdictions issued guidance on whether AI-generated inventions are patentable, and AI creations are protected by copyright, respectively.

Deep synthesis (deep fake) technology is currently regulated in China, the EU and Korea. However, several jurisdictions covered in this benchmark regulate the use of the technology in specific situations, for example during elections or to protect the public against potential harms.

The research covers Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.

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