The politics of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to drastically change in 2026 as recent technical breakthroughs are implemented across the economy. This report draws reflections from work on AI policy and highlights next steps, with recommendations for governments seeking to demonstrate that they are intervening ambitiously in their citizens’ interests.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the information environment and becoming a new front door through which the public access the news. This analysis reviews how four leading AI tools – ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews – respond to news queries. The report finds it is essential that the government incentivises robust...