AI Regulation Tracker

What we captured

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order requiring AI data center proposals to meet GRID Requirements, obtain local support before state permitting, fund their own power, and protect water and air quality. The order also removes AI data center projects from a fast-track approval program.

• • The executive order was signed on August 18, 2026.
• • AI data center projects were removed from a fast-track approval program.
• • Developers must earn local support before seeking state permits.
• • Developers must generate and pay for their own power.
• • Developers must protect water supply and air quality.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 100%

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The European Commission began enforcing EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI providers, issued its first formal information requests, and is assessing how Article 55 applies to serious incidents involving frontier-model agents, including failures during testing.

• • Article 55 requires systemic-risk model providers to report serious incidents without undue delay.
• • The Commission’s first formal information requests reportedly covered OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.
• • The Commission has not clarified whether pre-market testing failures fall within the reporting obligation.

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Confidence 91% / Completeness 100%

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The EU AI Regulation became directly applicable across the EU on 2 August 2026. Under Germany’s AI-MIG, BaFin became the competent market-surveillance authority for AI systems directly related to regulated financial activities, while the Federal Network Agency oversees systems outside that scope.

• • The regulation covers the development, placing on the market, putting into service, and use of AI systems across the EU.
• • BaFin oversees financial-sector AI compliance involving transparency requirements, prohibited AI practices, and high-risk creditworthiness-assessment systems.
• • The Federal Network Agency oversees AI systems not directly related to regulated financial activities.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 100%

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The European Union began enforcing provisions of its Artificial Intelligence Act, giving the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities powers over prohibited AI practices, general-purpose AI models, and specified transparency requirements.

• • Enforcement began on August 2, 2026.
• • The European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities gained new enforcement powers.
• • The Act covers certain providers and deployers outside the EU when systems or outputs are connected to the European market.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 100%

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The European Union requires AI system providers serving its market to mark AI-generated content, including text, with the requirement applying from August 2, 2026. Anthropic says its Claude watermarking rollout is intended to comply with this requirement.

• • Anthropic attributes its future Claude text-watermarking rollout to compliance with the EU AI Act.
• • The requirement applies to AI providers serving the EU market as of August 2, 2026.
• • Anthropic says it will apply watermarking globally at launch.

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Confidence 91% / Completeness 100%

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Minnesota’s law banning the creation and promotion of nonconsensual AI-generated nude images took effect August 1, 2026. A federal judge declined to halt enforcement while xAI’s constitutional challenge proceeds.

• • The law took effect August 1, 2026.
• • The court denied xAI’s preliminary-injunction request, leaving the law in force.
• • The statute includes potential damages of at least $500,000 for each unlawful access.

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Confidence 94% / Completeness 100%

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A U.S. federal judge ordered the administration to lift its exclusion of Anthropic technology from federal agencies, ruling that the supply-chain-risk designation violated the governing statutory framework and was arbitrary and capricious.

• • The August merits ruling followed a March 26 preliminary injunction.
• • The court found the designation violated the governing statutory framework and was arbitrary and capricious.
• • The article does not establish whether individual agencies retain separate procurement or security restrictions.

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Confidence 98% / Completeness 100%

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Saudi Arabia published Implementing Regulations for its Copyright Law on July 31, 2026. The regulations took effect immediately and set conditions for AI training uses of copyrighted works while establishing compulsory licensing for certain Arabic translations.

• • The regulations were published in the official gazette Umm Al-Qura on July 31, 2026.
• • Article 30 imposes purpose, necessity, record-keeping, and author-interest conditions on AI-related use of copyrighted works.
• • Articles 31–43 create a compulsory licensing regime for certain Arabic translations.
• • The article states that further SAIP guidance may be needed on several provisions, including commercial use and model outputs.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 100%

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On July 31, 2026 the Virginia State Corporation Commission issued an order requiring mandatory contributions in aid of construction (CIAC) for certain direct-connect substations and transmission lines serving new large-load facilities, made hyperscaler payments mandatory, cut a proposed residential bill increase, and required Dominion to file an amended line-extension policy within 90 days.

• • Order date: July 31, 2026 (as reported).
• • SCC directed certain direct-connect substations and transmission lines for new large-load facilities be paid through mandatory CIAC.
• • Hyperscalers (including Google and Amazon) had sought voluntary payments; the SCC made payments mandatory.
• • SCC reduced a proposed typical residential monthly increase from $2.90 to $0.94 in the Rider T-1 case.
• • Dominion must file an amended line-extension policy within 90 days of the order.
• • The commission left open whether direct assignment should later apply to more upstream transmission costs or a blended approach for a new GS-5 customer class (25 MW+).

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Germany’s cabinet approved a draft law to authorize AI-assisted monitoring, internet cross-checking, and government use of personal data in visa, residence, and asylum procedures. The bill remains a proposed measure pending parliamentary consideration.

• • Cabinet approval occurred on July 29, 2026.
• • The draft would permit automated procedural monitoring of completed cases.
• • The draft would permit automated comparison of applicants’ statements with public internet sources in specified cases.
• • The draft would permit use of personal data to train, validate, and test government AI systems.
• • The bill’s parliamentary timetable remained uncertain.

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Confidence 99% / Completeness 95%