About and methodology
A free, continuously maintained reference to artificial intelligence laws and regulations worldwide. Every entry names the governing instrument, states its status and effective dates, and links to the primary legal text.
What this is
A structured repository, not a blog. Every jurisdiction page has the same shape: an answer-first summary, the laws and instruments that make it up, a timeline, who it applies to, penalties, and primary sources. Topic pages take one cross-cutting theme and line the jurisdictions up against it, so you compare rather than read fifteen separate pages.
How entries are built
Content is compiled from official regulators and primary law first, then checked against specialist legal trackers and analysis. Where a summary describes an obligation, the primary-source link lets you verify the exact wording. The prose is original. Nothing here reproduces statutory or article text.
How current it is
Each jurisdiction page carries a date it was last reviewed. AI law moves fast: effective dates slip, bills are repealed and replaced, and executive action shifts the ground overnight. Colorado repealed its landmark AI Act before it ever took effect, and the EU deferred its high-risk deadlines by more than a year. Treat the review date as the moment the entry was confirmed, and check the source for anything that has moved since.
The sourcing standard
Primary and official sources come before secondary coverage. The news digest links to the original for every item and draws from a published watchlist. Where sources conflict, the entry follows the primary instrument or the official regulator.
Citing and reusing this resource
Every jurisdiction and topic page carries a ready-made citation with its review date, and the underlying register is published as machine-readable JSON covering every jurisdiction and law with status, dates, penalties, and primary-source links. Each page also carries Schema.org structured data, including Legislation entities with legal-force status, so search engines and AI systems can read the register the same way people do.
This is a reference resource, not legal advice. Laws change quickly and effective dates shift. Confirm any obligation against the primary source and qualified counsel before you rely on it.
Who maintains this
This register is maintained by the team behind Agency Echelon, a digital consultancy whose work centers on how search engines and AI systems find, read, and cite information. That is why the site is built the way it is: answer-first pages, machine-readable data, structured markup on every entry, and a deadline calendar and glossary designed to be quoted accurately. The register practices what the consultancy preaches.
Corrections
Law changes, and mistakes happen. The primary-source link on every page is the place to confirm the current position, and the contact page is the place to flag an error; corrections ship with a dated review note. This resource is offered free.