The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

An OMB memorandum establishing federal procurement requirements for the efficient and responsible acquisition of AI systems, including a 'Buy American' AI provision, risk management obligations, and interoperability protections.

The Agentic AI Hub is a German initiative by the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization, launched on 9 March 2026, pairing 17 municipalities with ten start-ups across 18 pilot projects covering administrative tasks such as housing benefit and naturalisation. Startups and municipalities were selected from around 400 start-up and almost 200 municipal applications.

SPARK ("Accelerating Planning and Approval through AI") is a German initiative developed by the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization and financed via the Climate and Transformation Fund. It provides agentic AI tools that accelerate complex planning and approval procedures by analysing application files, checking completeness and plausibility, and preparing decision proposals, while final decisions remain with staff. The tools were released as open source in April 2026.

The Joint AI plan for the safe and effective use of AI in the Norwegian health and care services (2024–2025) aims to increase the use of safe and effective AI systems to maintain or improve service quality and free up time for healthcare professionals. Led by the Directorate of Health with partner agencies, it is implemented through sector collaboration, an AI council, cross-agency regulatory guidance, frameworks for AI use, work on large language models and strengthened AI competence.

Japan’s Artificial Intelligence Basic Plan establishes the government’s policy framework for promoting the research, development and utilisation of AI-related technologies. It sets out basic concepts, policy directions and priority measures, including accelerating AI utilisation, strengthening development capabilities, advancing governance, and promoting societal transformation, together with arrangements for implementation and coordination across government.

Japan’s 2025 AI Act establishes the country’s first dedicated legal framework for artificial intelligence, focusing on promoting research, development, and utilisation rather than imposing strict regulation. The law sets out basic principles and a national policy framework, including a “Basic AI Plan” and coordinated governance structures, while encouraging voluntary action by businesses.

Sweden’s AI strategy is a comprehensive national framework to make the country a global top-10 AI leader. It promotes responsible, secure, and trustworthy AI while strengthening innovation, research, and competitiveness. The strategy focuses on increased adoption across society, improved public services, and international cooperation, supported by an action plan and annual follow-up.

Magnifica Humanitas is an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIV on 15 May 2026, addressing safeguarding human dignity in the era of artificial intelligence. It calls for immediate and ongoing action to ensure AI serves the common good through ethical governance, regulation, education and shared responsibility. The initiative promotes transparency, accountability and international cooperation to counter inequality, exclusion and technocratic dominance.

A major US national initiative launched by Executive Order on 24 November 2025, led by the Department of Energy (DOE), to harness artificial intelligence and advanced computing to transform the pace and scale of American scientific discovery and engineering.

A federal guidance letter from the Department of Labor directing state and local workforce development boards to use WIOA funding to integrate AI literacy and skills training into programmes for youth, adults, and dislocated workers.

A large-scale, long-term NSF programme building self-sustaining regional innovation ecosystems through coalitions of industry, academia, government, and civil society, integrating use-inspired R&D with workforce development and technology commercialisation.

A federal economic development programme that designates and funds regional cross-sector consortia across the US to build globally competitive ecosystems in critical and emerging technologies including AI, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductors.

A federal non-dilutive grant scheme providing phased R&D funding to US small businesses and startups developing and commercialising cutting-edge AI technologies.

The foundational US AI policy instrument of the second Trump administration, signed on 20 January 2025, which revoked the Biden administration's Executive Order 14110 on AI (October 2023) and directed all federal agencies to adopt a pro-innovation, competition-oriented approach to AI development and deployment.

Online hub providing guidance and training for small businesses adopting AI.

The ICT sector is particularly shaped by SMEs: they account for more than 90 percent of IT companies in Germany. They are an important engine of innovation and a key interface for transferring research results from science to the economy.

A German national alliance of high-performance computing (HPC) centres providing researchers and industry with access to supercomputing resources, support services, and training, jointly funded by federal and Länder governments.

A German national network of AI transfer and demonstration centres supporting SME manufacturers in adopting AI and data-driven technologies in production, operated through a distributed hub network co-funded by BMFTR.

A EUR 125M pan-European challenge competition run by Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND), funding up to 10 teams for 24 months to build European Frontier AI labs, with up to 3 winners positioned to raise EUR 1B scale-up rounds.

A German federal programme supporting knowledge-intensive technology startups spun out from universities and research institutions, providing grant funding to founders for business development, including AI ventures.