EU Votes AI Act Into Law, with Enforcement Starting By End of 2024

European lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of the AI Act, the first major law regulating the use of artificial intelligence. The law is expected to go into effect by the end of the year. First proposed in 2018, th Read more…

European Policymakers Approve Rules for AI Act

The European Union’s AI Act took a big step toward becoming law today when policymakers successfully hammered out rules for the landmark regulation. The AI Act still requires votes from Parliament and the European Coun Read more…

Self-Regulation Is the Standard in AI, for Now

Are you worried that AI is moving too fast and may have negative consequences? Do you wish there was a national law to regulate it? Well, that’s a club with a fast-growing list of members. Unfortunately, if you reside Read more…

NYC’s New AI Hiring Law Won’t Be Enforced Until April

Companies with employees in New York City have four more months to figure out Local Law 144, a first-in-the-nation law that will regulate the use of AI for hiring. The law went into effect on January 1, but the city defe Read more…

Second Half 2022 Tech Predictions for Data and AI

As we emerge from halftime of the show that is the year 2022, it’s time to take stock of where we’ve come this year in big data, advanced analytics, and AI, and assess where we’re likely to go next. Based on whe Read more…

Europe’s New AI Act Puts Ethics In the Spotlight

AI ethics issues such as bias, transparency, and explainability are gaining new importance as the European Union marches towards implementation of the AI Act, which would effectively regulate the use of AI and machine le Read more…

Europe’s AI Act Would Regulate Tech Globally

The Artificial Intelligence Act was introduced to the European Union in April 2021, and is rapidly progressing through comment periods and rewrites. When it goes into effect, which experts say could occur at the beginnin Read more…