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National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation

national_security_carveouts · Cross-jurisdiction AI-governance topic

Source: https://policywindow.org/wiki/national-security-carveouts

Generated 2026-05-30T21:26:42 UTC

Summary

The recurring exclusion of military, intelligence, and national-security AI uses from civilian AI-governance instruments. EU AIA Art. 2(3) explicit exclusion; US EO 14110 §11 + NSM-10 separate track; CoE AI Convention Art. 3 carve-out; UK White Paper sectoral-regulator-only scope; India DPDPA state-security exemptions. China's approach is notable for treating state security as the central concern, not a carveout.

At a glance

Instruments governing: 3
Instruments in conflict: 0
Instruments silent: 24
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.

How to cite this article

APA

Policy Window. (n.d.). National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation [Wiki article — Topic]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/national-security-carveouts

Chicago

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Harvard

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OSCOLA

Policy Window, 'National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation' (Wiki article — Topic, n.d.) <https://policywindow.org/wiki/national-security-carveouts> accessed [date].

BibTeX

@misc{policywindow-national-security-carveouts,
  title  = {National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation},
  author = {Policy Window},
  year   = {n.d.},
  howpublished = {Cross-jurisdiction policy topic, national_security_carveouts},
  url    = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/national-security-carveouts},
  note   = {Primary source: https://policywindow.org/wiki/national-security-carveouts}
}