EU · binding regulation
EU AI Act
EU-AIA-2024
Treatment of National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
governsPrimary source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Comparative jurisdictional memo · National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
EU · binding regulation
EU-AIA-2024
Treatment of National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
governsPrimary source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
CN · binding regulation
CN-GENAI-2023
Treatment of National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
silentDistinct framing — state security IS the central concern in China's AI regulation, not a carveout
Primary source: CAC Order No. 15
On the topic of National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation, EU AI Act is classified as governs and Interim Measures for Generative AI Service Management as silent. The editorial verdict is asymmetric. One regime addresses the topic explicitly while the other covers it only implicitly or not at all; this is a likely site of regulatory arbitrage and a candidate for comparative-law follow-up.
Contested question: Whether the carveout should be (a) categorical exclusion of national-security AI, (b) parallel governance track with sui generis rules, or (c) full civilian-track compliance with national-security override. Most instruments choose (a); the field debates whether this leaves a dangerous gap.