AI Government 2026: How Governments in China, the US, and Europe Use AI to Improve Public Service Efficiency

In 2026, governments worldwide are accelerating AI adoption: China's government AI has automated over 1,200 approval processes, reducing average approval time to 1.2 days; the US federal government launched a GPT-4o-powered AI assistant system handling over 2 million queries; the EU AI Act officially came into effect. This article reviews the progress, highlights, and controversies over the digital divide and data security in AI adoption across the three regions.