More than fifty years after a research group at Dartmouth University launched work on a new field called "Artificial Intelligence," the United States still lacks a national strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) policy. The growing urgency of this endeavor is made clear by the rapid progress of both U.S. allies and adversaries. The European Union is moving forward with two initiatives of far-reaching consequence. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act will establish a comprehensive, risk-based approach for the regulation of AI when it is adopted in 2023. Many anticipate that the EU AI Act will extend the "Brussels Effect" across the AI sector as the earlier European data privacy law, the General Data Privacy Regulation, did for much of the tech industry.

FOR RELEASE Monday, 21 February 2022 09.00 EST / 15.00 CET Updated Index Ranks AI Policies and Practices in 50 Countries Canada, Germany, Italy, and Korea Rank at Top, US Makes Progress as Concerns about China Remain AI POLICY HIGHLIGHTS -2021 - UNESCO AI Recommendation banned social scoring and mass surveillance - EU Introduced comprehensive, risk-based framework - Council of Europe makes progress on AI convention - Continued progress on implementation of OECD Principles, first AI policy framework - G7 leaders endorsed algorithmic transparency to combat AI bias - US opens-up policy process, embraces “democratic values” - EU and US move toward alignment on AI policy - AI regulation in China leaves open questions about independent oversight - UN fails to reach agreement on lethal autonomous weapons - Growing global battle over deployment of facial recognition looms ahead [PRESS RELEASE]