The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, released on July 23, 2025, outlines over 90 policy actions aimed at enhancing US leadership in artificial intelligence through regulatory reforms, infrastructure development, and international diplomacy, while introducing standards for federal AI procurement to ensure ideological neutrality.
The European Commission has introduced a Template under the EU AI Act requiring providers of general-purpose AI models to publicly disclose training content summaries, enhancing transparency and protecting intellectual property rights, with compliance deadlines set for 2025 and 2027.
Stakeholders, including governments, corporations, and researchers, must navigate a complex regulatory landscape involving the EU AI Act and OECD Principles to ensure accountability, transparency, and fairness in AI systems while addressing issues of bias and privacy.
A nonprofit organization has established a national task force co-chaired by Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley and Utah Rep. Doug Fiefia to promote bipartisan governance of AI at the state level, addressing its implications across various sectors while emphasizing state autonomy and collaboration among lawmakers, industry, and civil society.
The AI Act enhances the powers of fundamental rights protection authorities across EU Member States to oversee compliance of high-risk AI systems, mandating comprehensive assessments and the establishment of national competent authorities by 2025 to safeguard human rights in areas such as facial recognition, hiring, and policing.
AI companies face significant legal challenges regarding the use of copyrighted content for training models, with recent court rulings affirming fair use while ongoing litigation from record labels and creators raises critical questions about copyright infringement and market impact.
