28
▲ 5.6× vs 2024
AI-related regulations issued by the Executive Office of the President in 2025, up from 5 in 2024
20182025

What the chart shows

The Executive Office of the President issued 28 AI-related regulations in 2025, up from 5 in 2024 and its highest count since its first in 2018. That is nearly half of the 58 federal AI-related regulations recorded in 2025 (related chart).

Over 2016–2025 the Executive Office issued 56 in total, followed by the Health and Human Services Department (41) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (31). The Commerce Department and its Industry and Security Bureau, which administers export controls, both had their highest counts in 2025, with 8 each.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
Executive Office of the President, 202528
Executive Office of the President, 20245
Executive Office of the President, 2016–202556
Health and Human Services, 202414
Commerce Department, 20258
Industry and Security Bureau, 20258

How to read it

  • Counts AI-related documents in the Federal Register by issuing agency. Agency counts add up to more than the yearly totals (76 against 58 in 2025), which suggests some regulations are listed under more than one agency.
  • Shows the 12 agencies with the most AI-related regulations over 2016–2025, sorted by their 2025 count; the other 44 issued 5 or fewer each and are in the CSV. No regulations are recorded for 2017.
  • The AI Index text says the Executive Office has issued regulatory actions every year since 2016; the data shows its first in 2018, which we use.
Source: AI Index, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.4.11: Number of AI-related regulations in the United States by agency, 2016–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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