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America.gov opens its doors, then revises its answers €30bn+EU call for up to seven AI gigafactories Europe’s AI Act: what applies now, and what waits until December 2027 554deepfakes logged in Brazil’s first round; only 371 labelled California signs 13 AI bills, including the “No Robo Bosses Act” 30+AI firms sent the first AI Act information requests Washington and Beijing open an AI incident channel 164AI-made ads in the US midterms, by one count Medicare’s AI pilot: thousands of denials, and an 83-day wait 42signatories to Canada’s voluntary data-centre principles The midterms’ machine-made ads 174MWCape Town data centre now under appeal Pew: global publics trust China more than the US or EU to regulate AI 83 dayswait reported under Medicare’s AI pilot, against a 72-hour standard Indonesia’s AI Rules Are Stuck on the President’s Desk 20home-grown foundation models backed by the IndiaAI Mission Pakistan Writes Rules for the Algorithmic State 2%of Turkish public investment budgets earmarked for AI Cape Town’s Data Centre Fight Puts a Price on AI’s Thirst Turkey Governs AI by Circular, Not Statute ChatGPT Now Answers to Brussels Twice Over Mexico Wants One AI Law. Its States Got There First Washington’s $1 AI Era Is Over. Now Agencies Get the Meter India’s Sovereign AI Bet Meets the Price of Silicon
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Middle East

The Gulf, the Levant and Türkiye: sovereign AI, state champions and the rules being written around them.

Humain’s Pragmatic Turn: Chinese Weights, American Chips

Saudi Arabia's state AI champion has built its flagship Arabic model on Chinese open weights, run it on American hardware and gone looking for outside capital. Sovereign AI in the Gulf is becoming a hedging strategy, with new risks for partners.

Beyond Dashboards

Governments have never counted more and decided less clearly. A review of 108 dashboard studies, and a stark gap between how officials and residents see public AI, suggest the chart of mentions is the wrong instrument.

Two Blocs, One Technology

Global AI governance is hardening into rival institutions, a US-led supply-chain bloc and a Chinese-led cooperation body. Many states are joining both, and public opinion abroad is less tilted towards the West than policymakers assume.

The Agentic State and the Price of Sovereignty

The UAE wants half its government services run by AI agents within two years; Canada is backing tens of billions in "sovereign" compute. Both are bets on control. The chips underneath tell a more complicated story.