EU AI Act
The EU big swing at governing AI. What actually takes effect, who it hits, and whether it is any good.
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The EU AI Act is messy, late, and probably necessary
I am instinctively allergic to tech regulation written by people who have never shipped anything. A lot of the EU AI Act fits that description. It is late, convoluted, and parts of it will age badly. And yet, reading through what actually takes effect in 2026, I keep landing somewhere uncomfortable: most of it is the kind of thing the industry should have done on its own and did not.