Does Singapore have an AI law?

No. Singapore has no AI statute. Four agencies (IMDA, PDPC, MAS and CSA) govern AI through ten instruments: binding data protection law and MAS notices, supervisory expectations for banks, consultation drafts, voluntary frameworks, one national standard and security guidance.

Does the United States have a federal AI law?

No comprehensive one. Congress has enacted a single narrow AI content statute, the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Federal AI policy runs through executive orders and OMB memoranda that bind agencies and their vendors, a voluntary NIST framework, and older statutes such as the FTC Act, Title VII and ECOA applied to AI systems.

Which AI frameworks are actually legally binding?

Very few. This chart separates seven levels of legal force: binding law, binding for one sector only, supervisory expectation, consultation draft, voluntary guidance, standard, and not yet in force. Most named AI frameworks sit in the voluntary tiers and become obligations only when a contract, a regulator or a state statute cites them.

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Two of the most consequential AI jurisdictions on earth govern AI without an AI law. Singapore never wrote one. The United States has tried and failed to pass one. Both govern anyway, through instruments that look identical on a slide and are nothing alike in force. This map shows all of it, labelled by what can actually be enforced against you, with the source behind every claim.

603 NODES · 924 RELATIONS · 57 INSTRUMENTS · 2 JURISDICTIONS · VERIFIED 2026-08-18

The short answer

Neither Singapore nor the United States governs AI through an AI statute. Of the 603 sourced entries on this map, 83 are binding law that applies to everyone in scope and 59 bind one defined population only, such as banks, or the federal government and the vendors it buys from. Everything else is a supervisory expectation, a consultation draft, a voluntary framework or a standard. Telling those apart is the whole job, and it is what this chart does.

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Singapore

Singapore governs AI without an AI law.

Ten instruments, four agencies, one map.

519 NODES · 27 INSTRUMENTS · 61 BINDING · 17 SECTORAL · VERIFIED 2026-08-17

United States

The United States has no AI law either.

Executive orders, one voluntary framework, and old statutes doing new work.

84 NODES · 30 INSTRUMENTS · 22 BINDING · 42 SECTORAL · VERIFIED 2026-08-18

What can actually bind you, in each jurisdiction

Everything else on this map is guidance, a standard, a draft, or a supervisory expectation. Useful, and not the same thing.

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How to read this map

Seven levels of legal force, the same seven on every page, every zoom level and every badge. Learn them once here.

Binding83
Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it.
Binding, sectoral59
Binding, but only for a defined population: one regulated sector, or the federal government and the vendors it buys from.
Supervisory expectation21
Not law. It is what your supervisor examines you against, which is not the same as optional.
Consultation48
Proposed, not final. Read it, plan for it, and do not treat it as settled.
Guidance374
Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.
Standard14
A voluntary standard. It becomes an obligation the moment a contract or a regulator cites it.
Emerging4
Not in force yet. Expected, and not something you can be held to today.

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This chart covers the federal layer in the United States on purpose. State AI law has its own instrument, kept on its own verification cycle, so no fact lives in two datasets.

Common questions

Does Singapore have an AI law?: No. Singapore has no AI statute. Four agencies (IMDA, PDPC, MAS and CSA) govern AI through ten instruments: binding data protection law and MAS notices, supervisory expectations for banks, consultation drafts, voluntary frameworks, one national standard and security guidance.
Does the United States have a federal AI law?: No comprehensive one. Congress has enacted a single narrow AI content statute, the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Federal AI policy runs through executive orders and OMB memoranda that bind agencies and their vendors, a voluntary NIST framework, and older statutes such as the FTC Act, Title VII and ECOA applied to AI systems.
Which AI frameworks are actually legally binding?: Very few. This chart separates seven levels of legal force: binding law, binding for one sector only, supervisory expectation, consultation draft, voluntary guidance, standard, and not yet in force. Most named AI frameworks sit in the voluntary tiers and become obligations only when a contract, a regulator or a state statute cites them.

GAGE is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for any government agency named on this map. Every entry links to the agency's own published source. Nothing here is legal advice.