MIT Technology Review December 11, 2023
Melissa Heikkilä

The EU is poised to effectively become the world’s AI police, creating binding rules on transparency, ethics, and more.

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It’s done. It’s over. Two and a half years after it was first introduced—after months of lobbying and political arm-wrestling, plus grueling final negotiations that took nearly 40 hours—EU lawmakers have reached a deal over the AI Act. It will be the world’s first sweeping AI law.

The AI Act was conceived as a landmark bill that would mitigate harm in areas where using AI poses the biggest risk to fundamental rights, such as health care, education,...

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