ETO's AGORA platform provides detailed summaries, full text and thematic annotations for over 900 AI-focused laws and policies from the U.S. and around the world. We added 150 documents to AGORA over the last two months - here are a few you may have missed:

⭐️ Our picks for April 2025

Chinese central government: Security Management Measures for the Application of Facial Recognition Technology (issued 3/21/25)

• Regulates facial recognition technology use in China, imposing informed consent requirements, assessment requirements, storage and processing conditions, and certain outright prohibitions.
• Requires impact assessments and local filing for large volumes of facial recognition data.
• Delegates enforcement to cyberspace and public security authorities.

Texas: Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (2025 Update) (HB 149) (introduced 3/14/25)

• Prohibits AI systems from inciting harm, criminality, manipulation, or discrimination based on political viewpoints or protected classes.
• Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Council and a regulatory sandbox program for controlled AI testing.
• Prohibits government use of AI for social scoring or capturing biometric identifiers in violation of rights.

Illinois: HB 3506 (AI Safety and Security Protocol Act) (introduced 2/18/25)

• Requires foundation model developers to produce, implement, and publish a "safety and security protocol" to respond to "critical risks," along with quarterly risk assessment reports.
• Requires an annual third-party compliance audit.
• Imposes civil penalties for violations up to $1,000,000.

Private sector: Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework Version 2.0 (issued 2/4/25)

• Outlines AI "critical capability levels" for high-risk domains, including CBRN, cyber threats, and machine learning R&D.
• Mandates regular evaluations of frontier AI models to assess approaching CCLs and specifies required mitigations and response plans.
• Establishes governance protocols, including processes for review and approval by corporate bodies like the Google DeepMind AGI Safety Council.

U.S. federal: Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in AI Infrastructure (EO 14141) (issued 1/14/25)

• Requires federal agencies to identify, solicit proposals for, and lease federal lands suitable for AI data centers and related clean energy projects, aiming for full-capacity operation by the end of 2027.
• Mandates cybersecurity, model evaluation, supply-chain protection, and other requirements for AI infrastructure developed pursuant to the EO.
• Directs expedited permit processing for federal sites hosting the infrastructure.

🏗️ Other AGORA news

• AGORA's Chinese law and policy collection now includes 31 translated laws, standards, and proposals, including China's new regulations on facial recognition (noted above) and synthetic content labeling.
• We've also added lots of U.S. local government AI regulations and plans in the last few weeks - browse them here.
• The AGORA bulk dataset is being updated monthly with the latest data from the web UI. (Read the docs)

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