**Policymakers face three critical global AI decisions in January 2026**, including whether to treat frontier-scale compute and powerful models as centrally regulated resources rather than private assets, amid tightening U.S., EU, and allied export controls on chips and models from firms like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and NVIDIA.[1] This shift, building on late 2025 policy hints, will impact AI labs, cloud providers, and global innovation through new executive orders and enforcement.[1]

References:
1. https://etcjournal.com/2025/12/28/ai-in-jan-2026-three-critical-global-decisions-global-ai-operating-system/
2. https://caliber.az/en/post/technology-set-to-transform-life-in-2026