Definition
A set of AI-policy principles adopted at a 2026 G20 innovation ministerial that favors light-touch, sector-by-sector AI rules over broad AI-specific regulation like the EU AI Act. They were pushed largely by the US as an alternative governance model for other countries to adopt.
Why it matters
This is the first coordinated multilateral pushback against comprehensive AI regulation, and it hardens a split between deregulatory and precautionary regulatory blocs that global companies must now navigate.