Detailed overview
Uzbekistan has adopted AI-specific legislative amendments through Law No. ЎРҚ-1115 of 21 January 2026, which regulates relations arising from the use of artificial intelligence and amends several existing laws. The law entered into force on the date of official publication.
The law introduces a statutory definition of artificial intelligence. AI is defined as a set of technological solutions that allows the imitation of human knowledge and skills, including independent learning and searching for solutions, and obtaining results comparable with human intellectual activity when performing specific tasks.
Uzbekistan's AI amendments set general rules for AI used in information resources and information systems. AI-created information resources and AI-based information systems must not harm a person, their life, health, freedom, honour or dignity, and must not violate other inalienable rights. This creates a general human-rights and safety standard for AI systems.
The law also limits fully automated legal decision-making. When legally significant decisions affect human rights and freedoms, those decisions may not rely only on conclusions produced by AI-created information resources or AI-based information systems. In practice, this means that human review remains necessary for AI-supported decisions that affect rights.
The competent authority is given AI-related responsibilities, including creating conditions for investment in AI, forming technical infrastructure for AI-based processing of state-body data, and organising training, retraining and professional development in the AI field.
Uzbekistan has also established a specific administrative offence for unlawful processing or dissemination of personal data using AI technologies through mass media, telecommunications networks or the internet. The penalty is a fine from 50 to 100 times the base calculation amount, with confiscation of the instruments used to commit the offence.
Uzbekistan's wider AI policy is supported by the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030, approved by Presidential Resolution No. RP-358 of 14 October 2024. The Strategy includes development of an AI legal framework, AI standards, personal-data security measures, high-performance computing infrastructure, big-data infrastructure, AI laboratories and AI skills development.
Practical requirements & details
Sourced from Law No. ЎРҚ-1115 of 21 January 2026 on the use of artificial intelligence and the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030 approved by Presidential Resolution No. RP-358 of 14 October 2024.
Statutory AI definition
- AI = a set of technological solutions allowing imitation of human knowledge and skills, including independent learning and searching for solutions, and obtaining results comparable with human intellectual activity for specific tasks.
General AI safety standard
- AI-created information resources and AI-based information systems must not harm a person — their life, health, freedom, honour or dignity — and must not violate other inalienable rights.
Human review of automated decisions
- Where legally significant decisions affect human rights and freedoms, those decisions may not rely only on conclusions produced by AI.
- Human review remains necessary for AI-supported decisions that affect rights.
Competent authority responsibilities
- Creating conditions for investment in AI.
- Forming technical infrastructure for AI-based processing of state-body data.
- Organising training, retraining and professional development in the AI field.
Penalties
- Specific administrative offence for unlawful processing or dissemination of personal data using AI through mass media, telecoms networks or the internet.
- Penalty: fine from 50 to 100 times the base calculation amount, with confiscation of the instruments used to commit the offence.
- Other AI conduct may still trigger underlying personal-data, cybersecurity, consumer, financial, healthcare, employment or criminal law.