Global AI Observatory

November 12, 2026

• 18 new government actions dated 27 October to 12 November 2026 added across 17 nations, each linked to its official source. 26 nation profiles now show “Reviewed Nov 2026”.
• Limits on generative AI: Australia — Education Ministers agree to restrict generative AI in primary schools and in secondary school assessments, and set up a Digital Detox Taskforce; Netherlands — the House of Representatives adopts a non-binding motion asking the cabinet to ban generative AI for primary pupils.
• Strategies, guidelines and consultations: Austria — AI Strategy for Austria’s Schools, now its headline instrument; Brazil — National Education Council guidelines on AI in education, approved by the minister; Spain — INTEF guidelines for integrating AI in schools; England — consultation on an EdTech and AI product safety certification scheme; Norway — committee report NOU 2026:14 on AI in higher education, out for consultation; United States — proposed revision of the Department of Education’s AI grant priority.
• Curriculum and teacher education: Russia — ‘AI and Information Security’ course piloted in over 1,000 schools; Sweden — draft compulsory-school Technology syllabus adds AI for grades 5–10; Vietnam — teacher-education degree standards require AI, including generative AI; India — CBSE drops the planned AI modules from Class IX for 2026-27.
• Teacher training: Morocco — national training caravan on AI and educational robotics for education staff, Morocco’s first timeline entry; Indonesia — state-funded coding and AI training confirmed as a national teacher-training track. Both nations now record national AI teacher training.
• AI in school systems: India — AI-integrated Vidya Samiksha Kendra with a ‘Samiksha’ AI bot for Kendriya Vidyalayas; South Korea — AI smart-glasses cheating found in school exams and assessment management tightened.
• New partnerships with AI companies: Israel — the Ministry of Education selects Kaltura for its 720 initiative, with an AI tutor pilot in 20 schools; Slovakia — teachers order nearly 150,000 free AI licences from OpenAI, Mistral AI, Google and Microsoft through the ministry.
• Link repairs: 17 moved or broken links fixed across 14 nations, including the national AI strategies of Canada, Estonia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Singapore; Japan’s AI Promotion Act (now the official e-Gov text) and AI Basic Plan; India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act; Spain’s AI guide (version 2.0); Denmark’s curriculum expert-group terms of reference; the UAE’s Falcon models; and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and White House AI-education fact sheet (United States).
• Source corrections: Brazil’s law-firm overview is replaced by the official page for AI bill PL 2338/2023; US Executive Order 14110 now links to the official archive and is labelled as revoked in January 2025; Kenya’s and Saudi Arabia’s strategies now carry their official names. South Africa’s AI policy framework link is kept while the ministry’s website is under maintenance.
• Methodology: the AI acknowledgements now separate the October 30 full re-check from later updates, and entries in this list link to their sources.

October 30, 2026

• Every existing record re-checked against primary government sources: 22 headline instruments replaced with newer or more specific ones, 4 previously empty records filled, and 27 confirmed (several with corrected links). Jamaica, Morocco and Ethiopia are unchanged pending an official source.
• Five nations added: Austria, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Slovakia.
• Russia, Israel, Switzerland and Taiwan now have AI-in-education records; Switzerland is noted as cantonal (Zurich) because school education is a cantonal competence.
• New fields: policy timelines, AI required in the national curriculum, national AI teacher training, and government education partnerships with AI companies.
• National AI model lists refreshed and listed at model-family level, with Italy, Poland, Sweden, Greece, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Ireland and Malaysia added.
• Corrected records include Mexico (the previous entry cited a UNESCO document rather than a SEP source), plus broken or incorrect links for the Czech Republic, France, India, Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago.
• Interactive features: map colouring by depth of commitment, latest update, national models or AI-company deals; region, type and policy filters; a year-by-year playback; country search; shareable country links; charts; a sortable table; and a ready-to-copy APA citation.

August 17, 2026

• Initial public release covering 56 nations.

Headline instrument. For each nation we record the most recent and most specific official document a national government has issued about AI in education. Where no dedicated instrument exists, we record the closest official policy (a general AI strategy or digital-education policy) and mark it as such.

Depth of commitment (the default map colouring) has three levels:

• General AI or digital strategy: education is addressed only within a broader national AI or digital policy.
• Dedicated AI-in-education instrument: a strategy, guidance document, framework or regulation specifically about AI in schools or universities.
• AI required in the national curriculum: AI is, or is officially scheduled to become, required learning content in national K-12 curricula.

Instrument types. National Strategy (multi-year government plans), Teacher Guidance (practical guidance for educators), Curriculum Framework (what students learn), Policy Document (official frameworks, rules of use or position papers), Online Course (official training platforms), Regulatory Act (binding legislation or orders).

Timeline year. The “Policy activity through” slider uses each country’s earliest dated official action in our records. Countries are not removed for being early adopters; they appear from the year they first acted.

AI-company deals are agreements announced by a national government or ministry with an AI developer to provide tools or training for teachers or students. Inclusion is descriptive, not an endorsement.

National AI models are foundation or large language models developed by organisations headquartered in that country, including state-backed national-language model programmes. Open-weight means the model weights are publicly downloadable.

• Search for any tracked country by name, or pick one of the latest official moves in the side panel.
• Colour the map by depth of commitment, the year of the latest instrument, national AI models, or AI-company education deals.
• Filter by region, instrument type and policy features. Press Play to watch countries join the map year by year.
• Click a country for its full profile. Each profile has its own shareable link, and you can step through countries with the arrows at the bottom of the panel.
• Zoom with the buttons, a trackpad pinch, or by holding ⌘/Ctrl while scrolling. Small nations are marked with a dot so they stay clickable.
• Browse every nation in the sortable table below the charts — it works well on phones and with screen readers.

Do you know of an official AI-in-education initiative from your country that is missing here? Have you found a broken link, an incorrect policy name, or outdated information?

Please email us at sai@societyandai.org and include the following:

• Country name
• Official initiative or policy title
• Issuing ministry or government body
• Direct link to the primary government document or official page

Every country profile also has a “Suggest a correction” button that pre-fills the email for you. We review submissions regularly and update the observatory as verified information becomes available.

Headline instruments and timeline milestones link to official government sources: ministries of education, national digital agencies, curriculum authorities and official gazettes. Partnership entries link to a government announcement where one exists, and otherwise to the AI developer’s own announcement.

Where no direct document URL could be confirmed, the entry says “Official link pending verification” rather than linking to secondary coverage.

The initial dataset was compiled with Google Gemini Deep Research, which helped identify official government AI-in-education initiatives across 53 nations. The October 30, 2026 revision used Anthropic’s Claude to re-check every entry against primary government sources, extend coverage to new nations, and add policy timelines, partnership records and current model lists. Claude also supports later updates, searching official sources for new government actions and repairing links that have moved.

Every source and link identified or checked with AI assistance has been manually verified by Sai Gattupalli, PhD, Principal Research Scientist at Society & AI, to ensure its validity and accuracy.

Government URLs change, documents are archived, and policies are updated, so some links may be outdated or temporarily unavailable. If you find an error or a broken link, please email us at sai@societyandai.org and we will address it promptly.

• Country flags — Flag CDN (flagcdn.com) — free, open-access flag images.
• World map data — Natural Earth — public domain map data at 1:50m scale.
• Map and charts — D3.js — ISC-licensed JavaScript library for data-driven documents.
• Topology format — TopoJSON — ISC-licensed extension of GeoJSON for efficient topology encoding.