The AI governance landscape, cross-referenced
AGIS covers 31,900+ sources across 2,100+ jurisdictions — 148 countries, all 50 US states, and nearly 2,000 cities and counties. Ask a question in plain English, get an answer grounded in legislation, local ordinances, corporate influence data, enforcement records, labor contract provisions, and strategic analysis — with citations to specific documents.
Most AI policy resources show you what laws exist. AGIS connects legislation to the money and power shaping it: who's lobbying, how much they're spending, where their political donations go, what enforcement actions have been taken, and what workers have won at the bargaining table. The system flags which bills are enacted vs. proposed and distinguishes sourced claims from general knowledge.
AGIS was built for the labor and advocacy movement. Policy directors, union researchers, legislative staff, and advocacy organizers use it to understand AI regulation across jurisdictions, identify enforcement gaps, and map the forces behind the rules.
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Coverage
Legislation and regulation. International frameworks, US federal policy, all 50 state AI and data center bills, nearly 2,000 US cities and counties with AI-related local ordinances, EU AI Act implementation, and legislation from the UK, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and countries across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Eight data pipelines feed the corpus: AGORA, LegiScan, LOCUS (local ordinances), Federal Register, Congress.gov, CourtListener, supplements, and research publications.
Corporate influence. Lobbying spend for 30 AI companies and trade associations, with year-over-year trends from 2011 to 2024. Revolving door moves between government and industry. PAC funding. FEC data on executive political donations to members of Congress. Analysis of how public statements compare to lobbying positions.
Enforcement and litigation. State attorney general actions, federal agency actions, NLRB decisions, and court cases involving AI systems. Tagged by mechanism and outcome.
Labor provisions. Collective bargaining agreements with AI-related protections, searchable by type: notice and consultation, human oversight, data access, retraining, anti-displacement, and algorithmic transparency.
Strategic analysis. Authored analyses covering jurisdiction profiles, cross-cutting themes, institutional comparisons, trends, and structural dynamics — not automated summaries. 188 research institution dossiers map funding sources, board composition, and policy influence.
Ask it anything about AI governance
Example questions:
- "Which AI executives are the biggest political donors, and who gets their money?"
- "What AI protections have unions actually won in contract negotiations?"
- "How are corporations using voluntary commitments to preempt binding regulation?"
- "Compare enforcement mechanisms in the EU AI Act vs. US state-level approaches"
- "What data center siting battles are happening at the municipal level?"
- "Which states have the strongest AI transparency requirements?"
Ask these questions in the AGIS query interface.
Data sources
AGIS draws on the Emerging Technology Observatory's AGORA dataset, the LOCUS local ordinance corpus, FEC political contribution data, lobbying data from The AI Lobby, LegiScan US state legislation data, OpenSecrets, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, CourtListener, Federal Register, Congress.gov, and Senate LDA filings. See the full data sources page for licensing terms and attribution details.
An SEIU initiative
AGIS was built as a public good for the labor and advocacy movement. It takes a justice-oriented perspective on AI governance: it does not claim neutrality on questions of corporate power, institutional capture, or worker rights.
Frequently asked questions
How current is the data?
The corpus is updated on a rolling basis as new legislation, enforcement actions, and research are published. There may be a lag of days to weeks between an event and its appearance in AGIS.
Can I use AGIS for academic research?
Yes. The underlying AGORA dataset is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 (cite "Emerging Technology Observatory AGORA dataset"). LegiScan data is cited per their terms. AGIS's strategic analyses are original work.
Does AGIS cover countries outside the US?
Yes. 2,100+ jurisdictions across 148 countries, including the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Brazil, and countries across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Within the US, coverage extends to nearly 2,000 cities and counties. Coverage depth varies by jurisdiction, with the US having the deepest corpus.