Theme 4 of 4 · 2 hubs · 14 topics
Governance & Responsibility
How governments regulate and fund AI, and how its failures and safeguards are measured.
US state legislatures passed 150 AI-related laws in 2025, against 11 across G20 countries, which passed fewer than in 2024. The US federal government spent $20.4B on AI over 2013 to 2024, most of it through grants. Reported AI incidents rose 29% to a record 362 in 2025, while the share of organisations rating their incident response excellent fell from 28% to 18%.
Governance & Responsibility in six numbers
How we check every number →Each number links to its chart, its source and the data. Checked against the published data on 20 Oct 2026.
- 01150US states passed 150 AI-related laws in 2025, up from 132 in 2024 and 9 in 202020162025View chart →
- 0211G20 countries passed 11 AI-related laws in 2025, down from a high of 16 in 202420162025View chart →
- 03$20.4BUS federal AI spending reached $20.4B over 2013–2024, $15.9B of it through grants20132024View chart →
- 04362Reported AI incidents rose 29% to 362 in 2025, a record for the AI Incident Database20122025View chart →
- 0518%Organisations rating their AI incident response 'excellent' fell to 18% in 2025, from 28% in 2024View chart →
- 0622%Grok 4.20 Beta had the lowest hallucination rate of 26 models on AA-Omniscience, 22%; gpt-oss-20B had 94%View chart →
Two hubs, 14 topics
All 13 hubs →Hub 1 of 2 · 21 charts
AI Regulation & Policy
AI laws, federal rules, congressional hearings and public AI spending.
150AI-related laws passed by US state legislatures in 2025, up from 132 in 2024Open AI Regulation & Policy Hub 2 of 2 · 24 charts
AI Ethics & Safety
AI incidents, hallucination rates, company AI governance and responsible AI research.
362AI incidents recorded by the AI Incident Database in 2025, up from 281 in 2024Open AI Ethics & Safety Follow Governance & Responsibility
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