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AI laws by market, in plain English

AI rules differ sharply from one market to the next. The EU has a horizontal AI Act with risk tiers, the UK takes a principles-based route with no single statute, the UAE runs three regimes at once with the DIFC's Regulation 10 as hard law, Saudi Arabia leads with SDAIA's AI ethics, and India relies on its DPDP Act and IT Rules advisories. We track how 12 AI-governance controls are treated in each market, cited to source.

How to read these pages. AI regulation is moving fast and much of it is not yet in force. Each market page separates what is binding law today from what is expected, prudent or still emerging - and flags where dates or thresholds are provisional.
Status: provisional overview (v0.1), reviewed against primary sources dated 24 Aug 2026; not legal advice.

Choose a market

Six AI-governance overviews, each grading all 12 tracked controls by how firmly the law requires them.

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European Union

EU AI Act 2024/1689

7 required controls · View overview →

First horizontal AI law; risk tiers; transparency live Aug 2026.

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United Kingdom

Principles-based; UK GDPR

5 required controls · View overview →

No AI Act; five cross-sector principles; ICO guidance.

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United Arab Emirates

PDPL + DIFC Reg 10 + ADGM

5 required controls · View overview →

Three regimes; DIFC Regulation 10 is hard AI law.

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Saudi Arabia

PDPL + SDAIA ethics

5 required controls · View overview →

SDAIA is data and AI authority; AI Ethics Principles.

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India

DPDP Act + IT Rules

2 required controls · View overview →

No AI Act; synthetic-media labelling and CERT-In live now.

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Qatar

PDPPL + National AI Strategy

2 required controls · View overview →

Soft-law strategy; PDPPL supplies the binding duties.

What the grades mean

Every control on a market page carries one of these grades. Read them as how firmly that market's law requires the control, not as a score.

R · Required

Binding law or regulation mandates it, with a cited provision.

E · Expected

Near-mandatory once a common trigger is met, or backed by binding guidance.

P · Prudent

Advisable and risk-reducing, but not strictly mandated.

O · Optional

Emerging - worth monitoring as the law develops.

— · Not applicable

The control does not apply in this market.

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