What Non-EU Companies Need to Know About the EU AI Act

The European Union (EU) recently passed the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) with the intent of creating coherent and responsible rules governing the use of AI. As with privacy and data regulation under the rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU appears to hope that this initial framework will provide a global precedent for AI regulation. While the EU AI Act primarily applies to organizations directly involved in the creation and deployment of AI systems in the EU, it also applies to organizations that sell, import, distribute or plan for their AI products to ...