I advised the EU on its landmark AI Act. Here’s how it got preempted by the U.S. and U.K., why it almost got derailed by ChatGPT, and how it will shape regulation in 2024

Fortune January 3, 2024
David Haber

For all the talk about a generative artificial intelligence (AI) arms race among the large language model (LLM) developers and Big Tech, it’s policymakers in the U.S. and Europe who are in full sprint mode as they rapidly regulate AI. The introduction of the White House executive order, coinciding with the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit, took much of the AI world by surprise and leveled the balance of tech regulatory power, an area long dominated by the EU.

Now, the EU is taking back its leading regulatory spot as its landmark AI Act on the development and deployment of generative AI takes shape. And it’s bolder and more comprehensive than any of its global counterparts.

As an advisor to the...

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