Each edition asks one jurisdiction two questions: which rules actually bind, and what happens when AI reaches a courtroom.
A thin binding layer over circulars, codes and drafts, with an observatory watching how platforms answer the one binding AI-specific duty.
No binding AI-specific rule yet. What binds is general law, written for other things. The proposed AI Governance Bill entered public consultation in July 2026.
The rules written for AI are the binding ones: NPC statutes at the base, CAC measures on top, and 2026 frontier frameworks for agents, companions and robots, with several first rulings anywhere in its courts.
A standalone Law on AI plus statute-level data and cybersecurity laws all land in 2026, over a base of voluntary ethics guidance and with an observatory watching the binding duties.