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Cognitive Revolution · March 15, 2025 · 70m

The Global AI Regulation Landscape

Mapping the global patchwork of AI regulation from the EU AI Act to China's algorithmic governance to US executive orders, and what the regulatory environment means for AI development.

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Different regulatory environments are producing different types of AI companies. EU regulation favors compliance-heavy enterprise AI; US permissiveness favors fast-moving consumer AI; China's approach favors state-aligned applications.
Every AI regulation that attempts to combat misinformation faces the same asymmetry: generating false content is orders of magnitude cheaper than detecting it.