A curated, plain-language index of the laws, treaties and frameworks shaping artificial intelligence across the EU, Ireland, the United States, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Each entry links to the official full text — the authoritative, current version — so you are never reading a stale copy.
The cornerstone regime. A risk-based framework banning certain AI practices, imposing strict obligations on "high-risk" systems, and setting transparency rules for general-purpose AI. In force since 1 Aug 2024; prohibitions applied Feb 2025, GPAI obligations Aug 2025, and most high-risk obligations from Aug 2026.
The data-protection backbone underpinning AI compliance in Europe — lawful basis, automated decision-making (Art. 22), DPIAs and data-subject rights all bear directly on how AI systems process personal data.
Ireland's national law giving effect to the GDPR and establishing the Data Protection Commission — the lead supervisory authority for many of the world's largest technology platforms headquartered in Dublin.
Ireland's national strategy for trustworthy, ethical AI adoption across the economy and public service, now aligned to EU AI Act implementation and the designation of national competent authorities.
Directs federal agencies to pursue a deregulatory, pro-innovation policy and to challenge state AI laws seen as inconsistent with it — establishing an AI Litigation Task Force and a review of "burdensome" state measures.
The first US state comprehensive AI law, targeting algorithmic discrimination by developers and deployers of "high-risk" AI. Substantially revised in May 2026 (SB 189) to a narrower notice-and-transparency model; revised law takes effect 1 Jan 2027.
The de-facto US standard for operationalising trustworthy AI — Govern, Map, Measure, Manage. Voluntary, but widely referenced in contracts, procurement and as evidence of reasonable care.
Nigeria's blueprint for AI: national AI principles, a proposed AI governance/regulatory body, responsible-development guidelines, and a risk-management framework — building on the August 2024 draft.
Nigeria's principal data-protection statute and the legal foundation for AI accountability — establishing the NDPC, data-subject rights, and obligations on data controllers and processors that AI deployments must satisfy.
Several bills are advancing — efforts to merge the National AI & Robotic Sciences Bill (HB 601) and the Control of Usage of AI Technology Bill (HB 942) into a comprehensive National AI Act, alongside a bill to establish a National AI Commission able to license high-risk systems and run a national AI registry.
Anticipated technical specifications for conformity assessment and bias auditing — the practical compliance layer beneath the national strategy and any forthcoming AI Act.
The UK's foundational approach: five cross-sector principles applied by existing regulators (ICO, Ofcom, CMA, FCA) rather than a dedicated AI law — supplemented by the 2025 AI Opportunities Action Plan.
A bill that would create a central "AI Authority" and statutory principles — a marker for the comprehensive UK AI Bill anticipated in 2026.
The first legally binding international treaty on AI — aligning the AI lifecycle with human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Signatories include the EU, UK, US, Canada and others.
The most widely adopted soft-law principles for trustworthy AI (OECD), and the first certifiable AI management-system standard (ISO/IEC 42001) — increasingly the practical yardstick for AI governance programmes.
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