Europe passes a broad AI framework
The EU AI Act became law, with obligations scheduled to take effect in stages. The report emphasized that passage did not settle every implementation question: consultations and secondary legislation still left room to shape how the rules would work. This account describes the position in October 2024.
The US relies on executive authority
The report described Executive Order 14110 as primarily directing federal agencies, while also introducing reporting requirements for very large model training runs. It stressed the fragility of this route: a later administration could revoke an executive order. The report’s discussion is a historical account, not a description of current US law.
Governments build model-evaluation capacity
The UK’s AI Safety Institute succeeded the Frontier AI Taskforce, with counterparts emerging in other countries. Its work included evaluations, research, international coordination, and the Inspect evaluation framework. The report distinguished developing government expertise from having guaranteed access to every model that needed evaluation.
