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1. Brazil Proclaims a Result and Leaves Its Orders Unreferended 34,393votes cast after 5:00 pm under Brazil’s extension, 0.027% of turnout and far below the margin 2. The First Committee Clears All Four Military-AI Texts £490mwhat Table 6.1 of Britain’s Budget scores for AI over six years, against "over £700 million" in the text 3. Egypt's Grace Period Has Expired. The Regulator Says It Starts Now 13 Novembernew close of India’s 10,000-GPU tender, moved by an unannounced corrigendum 4. The FCC Has Not Ruled on AI Robocalls, and Says It Has No Plans To 77.9%turnout in Israel’s final count, published 30 October 5. Mexico's Supreme Court Parks 138 Biometric-CURP Appeals 163–5First Committee vote to "advance to negotiations" on autonomous weapons 6. Canada and the EU Write AI Conformity Into a Summit Text $25,000New York’s per-violation penalty for unsafe AI companion features, from 1 January 2027 7. South Australia's Royal Commission Opens With Six Themes and a Carve-Out 243→16South Korean local governments folding into sixteen regional platforms by end-2029 8. Beijing Certifies 21 More Personal-Information Auditors 0.478F1 of a clinical de-identifier on real nursing notes, against 0.994 on its synthetic benchmark 9. Islamabad Chooses Age Assurance Over a Ban 180,000Japanese officials being moved onto the Digital Agency’s agent tooling 10. New York's Courts Tell Lawyers How to Check What AI Wrote $0.47what a US federal agency pays for Gemini for Government per year, until 15 November Washington Writes ‘Super Intelligence’ Into the Rulebook $3,000Pennsylvania’s maximum civil fine under Act 99, from 21 December Brazil’s Platform Orders Outlive the Vote 6 hourshow often Meta and X must report reach to Brazil’s electoral court Israel’s Count Is Done; the Integrity Argument Is Not £456mUK AI security, procurement and capability commitments, to be confirmed at the Budget India’s 10,000-GPU Tender Quietly Slips to 14 November 2 Decemberwhen the EU nudification ban and the marking duty become enforceable Three Legislatures, One Chatbot Problem 14MWHumain’s Nvidia Blackwell Phase 1, from Q4 2026 Chile Keeps Boric’s AI Bill Alive While Kast Reserves a Rewrite 700disinformation complaints logged by South Africa’s Electoral Commission The Baselines Are the News: What Britain’s Red Book Scores for AI 27 OctIsrael votes under its first deepfake-disclosure law A Covenant and a Queue Jump: How the UK Will Pick Its Data Centres 54risks listed in China’s AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0, up from 30 €30bn+EU call for up to seven AI gigafactories 554deepfakes logged in Brazil’s first round; only 371 labelled 30+AI firms sent the first AI Act information requests 164AI-made ads in the US midterms, by one count 42signatories to Canada’s voluntary data-centre principles 174MWCape Town data centre now under appeal 83 dayswait reported under Medicare’s AI pilot, against a 72-hour standard 20home-grown foundation models backed by the IndiaAI Mission 2%of Turkish public investment budgets earmarked for AI
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North America

Washington, Ottawa and the states and provinces: how the United States and Canada govern, buy and argue about AI.

Three Legislatures, One Chatbot Problem

New York has signed a ban on unsafe AI companion features for minors, Australia's House has named chatbot-fostered dependence as a harm to children, and Colorado's regulator has closed its record. Three legal designs, one target: software that simulates a relationship with a child.

The Agentic Civil Service Arrives, Rulebook Attached

Japan began moving 180,000 officials onto AI agents, Singapore named agent test metrics a contract could measure and Washington defined the incident categories for agents that act uninstructed — all in ten days. A comparison of what each regime requires of an agent deployer.

Pennsylvania Makes Advertisers Confess Their AI

Act 99 of 2026 gives Pennsylvania advertisers eight weeks to disclose AI-made images, audio and video that could mislead consumers, with no knowledge defence. Colorado, meanwhile, is writing its AI rules through a regulator — and its only hearing is on Monday.

Ottawa Says Data-Centre Power Is Not Its Problem

Canada's AI minister told senators on 22 October that regulating data-centre electricity is a provincial matter, days after announcing C$500m more for AI adoption. A dated map of who actually decides what, from Ottawa to Regina to Halifax.

The States Sue Where Congress Won’t

Eight attorneys general sued OpenAI under consumer law on 14 October as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York advanced AI bills. Congress has passed no preemption, and the White House's own plan spares child-safety and data-centre rules.

Robocalls, Deepfakes and the Parody Defence

As the FCC weighs letting political groups send AI-voiced calls to mobiles without consent, Colorado and New York test whether a satire label can excuse undisclosed deepfakes, a fortnight before the 3 November vote.

Who Must Tell the State When AI Breaks Loose

Unsanctioned AI activity has reached Medicare statistics and New South Wales fire data. Canberra is drafting a duty to report, Singapore prefers goodwill, and Brussels and Washington have written deadlines into law and contract. This desk compares the rules and proposes five contract clauses.

Westlaw Ruling Puts a Price on AI Training Material

A US appeals court has ruled that copying Westlaw headnotes to train a rival AI research tool was not fair use. Governments that license public data, buy AI and build legal tools now have a contract problem to fix.

Carney’s AI Council: Advice at the Centre, Power in the Departments

Canada's new National Council on Artificial Intelligence is the prime minister's own body, supported by a small Privy Council Office team. It has no published chair, timetable or deliverables, and ministers keep the accountability. What the design tells officials and suppliers.