Global AI lawNo AI-specific federal instrument — measured against the Systematic Compilation (2026-09-02)

AI Laws in Switzerland

Switzerland has no artificial-intelligence act, and this is now a standing measurement rather than a desk finding: the Bundeskanzlei's own Systematic Compilation was queried on 2026-09-02, restricted to instruments whose enforcement status is 'in force', and no federal enactment carries 'künstliche Intelligenz' in its title. That agrees with the Federal Office of Justice's own statement that there is no specific Swiss AI legislation. What binds an AI deployer is general federal law. The revised Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz of 25 September 2020 (SR 235.1) entered into force on 1 September 2023, replacing the 1992 Act, and governs the personal data an AI system processes; the Datenschutzverordnung of 31 August 2022 (SR 235.11) entered into force the same day and carries the operational detail — Switzerland's regulation layer for this subject is real, and it is an ordinance rather than an AI statute. Competition exposure runs through the Kartellgesetz of 6 October 1995 (SR 251) and, for deceptive automated marketing, the Bundesgesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb of 19 December 1986. ⚠️ A caution that matters here more than anywhere else in this corpus: more than half of the Swiss Systematic Compilation consists of REPEALED consolidations, and the 1992 data-protection Act is still served by the same database under a 'no longer in force' status. Every instrument listed above was filtered on that status at query time, so none of them is a superseded text.