Lines of Thought / Topic
International cooperation: the line so far
12 developments and 8 rules, in date order. Built automatically from everything tagged with this topic.
- Rule · In forceAENational AI Strategy 2031
- Rule · In forceINIndiaAI Mission
- Rule · In forceUSEO 14179
Also on Project Meridian and the race to govern military AI, Washington vs the states on AI rules
- Paris AI Action Summit closes with declaration the US and UK decline to sign
It marked the summit series' shift from frontier-safety commitments toward adoption and inclusion, and exposed a US-UK split from the multilateral text.
- NATO buys Palantir's Maven Smart System for its operational headquarters
The alliance's top military headquarters now runs a commercial AI targeting and decision-support platform, setting a reference point for allied buyers and for interoperability with US forces using Maven.
- Stargate UAE: 1GW OpenAI cluster planned in Abu Dhabi, first 200MW due in 2026
It tied US chip access to sovereign AI investment deals, a template for later US approvals of advanced-chip exports to the Gulf.
- White House publishes America's AI Action Plan and three executive orders
It is the policy root of the 2025-26 US moves on federal AI procurement, AI exports and pressure on state AI laws.
Also on Washington vs the states on AI rules, Procurement as AI policy
- Rule · In forceINTLUN Scientific Panel on AI
- Rule · In forceINTLUN Global Dialogue on AI Governance
- FSB says AI monitoring in finance is immature, flags supplier concentration
It gives G20 supervisors a shared checklist for treating AI vendors as a potential single point of failure for the financial system.
- Rule · In forceINAI Governance Guidelines
- UN General Assembly backs autonomous-weapons resolution 164-6; US votes no
Most states want a negotiated instrument, but the main military-AI powers are outside the majority, which shapes what the CCW can agree by consensus.
- FDA and EMA issue ten joint principles for AI in drug development
Sponsors using AI in trials, manufacturing or safety monitoring get a single transatlantic baseline, reducing divergent expectations between the two largest drug regulators.
- India hosts AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, first in the series in the Global South
It moved the frontier-AI summit track to a Global South host and toward access and adoption, with safety one strand among many.
- New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact endorsed by 88 states and bodies, incl. US and China
Unlike the 2025 Paris statement, which the US declined to sign, it won both US and Chinese backing, but it moves the summit agenda from frontier safety to access, diffusion and development.
- First UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance meets in Geneva on panel's first report
It is the only universal forum on AI governance, and the US vote against the panel shows its standing will depend on participation beyond Washington.
- US moves UAE into top export tier, opening licence-free AI chips to approved users
It codifies the approved-entity model for exporting the US AI stack to partners, and lawyers expect it to be the template for any other Gulf or strategic partner given similar treatment.
- UN expert group agrees final report on autonomous weapons; treaty question deferred
Consensus kept the process alive but left binding limits on autonomous weapons to a November decision that the major military powers can block.