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Group of Seven (G7)AI regulation
AI regulation status from the Global AI Regulation Tracker.
Regulation Status
- The G7 issues no binding AI law; it functions as a standard-setting and cooperation body producing voluntary codes, principles and ministerial declarations.
- The G7 is an intergovernmental cooperation forum, not a national regulator; its flagship AI output is the 2023 Hiroshima Process, comprising voluntary International Guiding Principles and a voluntary Code of Conduct for organisations developing advanced AI systems, with a reporting framework for advanced AI finalised in December 2024.
- G7 leaders and ministers have produced successive non-binding instruments, including the 2024 Apulia Leaders' Communique and action plan, a Digital Competition Communique, statements by data protection authorities on trustworthy AI and children, and the 2025 'AI for Prosperity' statement and SME AI Adoption Blueprint.
- Recent work spans the financial sector, cybersecurity and child online safety, including a 2025 Cyber Expert Group statement on AI, May 2026 SBOM guidance for AI minimum elements, and a May 2026 agreement on online safety principles covering AI chatbots and age verification.
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