National AI Strategies
Comparative Reports
Austria: Austria's Government is currently working together with the consulting firm Accenture on an Austrian Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy
Canada: the first country in the world to announce a national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) - Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
China: aka “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan.”
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Deciphering China’s AI Dream: Governance of AI Program, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford, March 2018
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China AI Development Report 2018: China Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua University
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China Internet Report 2019: South China Morning Post
Denmark
Estonia
Finland: the first country in EU to announce a national strategy
Israel: launch of a task force
Italy: draft national policy
Kenya: launch of a Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence task force
Malaysia: launch of a cloud-first task force
Mexico: the first country in Latin America to announce a national strategy
United States: National Security Commission on AI
Hickok, Current State & Future Trends in AI Policy in the U.S. (2026), The Center for Juris-Informatics Japan
Center for AI & Digital Policy, CAIDP AI Index 2026 (AI and Democratic Values) - Comparative analysis of national AI policies and practices
CAIDP AI Index 2025 - (published April 2024)
CAIDP AI Index 2022
CAIDP AI Index 2021
AI Watch, National strategies on Artificial Intelligence: A European perspective
Atlantic Council, Report on the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies & Data
CIFAR, Building an AI World: Report on National and Regional AI Strategies, 2019
European Digital Rights (EDRi), Recommendations for a fundamental rights-based artificial intelligence response Addressing collective harms, democratic oversight and impermissable use, 2020
Global Partners Digital and Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator, National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review, 2020
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Comparison of National Strategies to Promote Artificial Intelligence, 2019
Library of Congress, Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Selected Jurisdictions, 2019
OECD, AI Policy Observatory, 2020
OECD, Examples of AI National Policies, 2020
OECD, AI Strategies & Public Sector Components, 2019
Oxford Insights: Government AI Readiness Index 2021
Stanford HAI, AI Index Reports: 2017-2023
Stanford HAI, 2024 AI Index Report
Stanford HAI, Global AI Vibrancy Tool, compares countries’ global activities (with details on Research & Development, Economy & Inclusion), including both a cross-country perspective as well as an intra-country drill down
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Benchmarking National AI Strategies, 2018
Tortoise Media, The Global AI Index analyses how 54 countries are driving and adapting to AI’s accelerating development through three pillars; investment, innovation and implementation.
Multinational AI Strategies
European Commission, Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence (COM(2018) 795 final)
European Commission, Communication Artificial Intelligence for Europe
European Commission, AI Watch
European Union, Declaration of cooperation on Artificial Intelligence
G20 Ministerial Statement on Trade and Digital Economy
AI in the Nordic-Baltic Region
United Nations, Big Data for Sustainable Development
AI MOU between UAE & Invest India
Canada & France Study Group of Artificial Intelligence
Charlevoix Common Vision for the Future of Artificial Intelligence