What came into force with the EU’s AI Act this week – and what didn’t

On August 2, the next phase of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Act came into force as the European Union frames this legislation as the world’s first comprehensive law on AI.Like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before it, this new EU legislation is intended not to replace the economic bloc’s existing digital rulebook but to complement it.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4After OpenAI disclosure, Anthropic says Claude also hacked outside systemslist 2 of 4Israel’s influence industry in the USlist 3 of 4Australia’s under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it meanslist 4 of 4Tech giant Palantir posts ‘otherworldly’ growth despite criticism over Gazaend of listWhile GDPR governs how organisations collect and use personal data, the AI Act regulates how AI systems are developed and deployed.GDPR has gone on to shape privacy practices well beyond Europe, becoming the benchmark against which many multinational organisations design their compliance programmes. The question now is whether the AI Act will prove just as influential for AI governance.What came into force this week?Article 50 of the AI Act now begins to apply, adding a transparency layer to...