The US urged G20 members to avoid writing entirely new AI regulations, and instead focus on writing rules for "novel" situations that involve the tech
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The US push at the G20 for “no new AI laws, just rules for novel cases” is an attempt to keep global regulation incremental and innovation-friendly. For builders, that means near-term focus should be on sector-specific compliance and edge-case uses—biometrics, critical infrastructure, cyber—rather than a single sweeping AI statute.
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