# AI rules in Italy

Italy has its own national AI law (Law 132/2025, in force 10 Oct 2025) layered on the EU AI Act, with AgID and ACN as AI authorities and a criminal deepfake offence.

- **Approach:** Comprehensive AI law
- **Key bodies:** AgID (Agency for Digital Italy), ACN (National Cybersecurity Agency), Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
- **Last reviewed:** 4 Oct 2026

## Rules (1)
- [Italian AI Law](https://wheresthe.ai/rule/it-law-132-2025-ai/index.md): In force, Law, effective 10 Oct 2025. First national AI law in the EU, complementing the AI Act: designates AgID and the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) as national AI authorities, requires parental authorisation for children under 14 to use AI, keeps final decisions with professionals in health care and public administration, sets workplace and professional disclosure duties, and creates a criminal offence for unlawfully disseminating harmful AI-generated deepfakes (1 to 5 years' imprisonment). It also clarifies copyright for AI-assisted works and text-and-data mining, and delegates further rules to the Government.

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