Europe’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed a political dealreached in December, setting a potential global benchmark for a technology used in business and everyday life.
The new legislation will have an impact beyond the 27-country bloc, said Patrick van Eecke at law firm Cooley.“The Act will have global reach. Companies outside the EU who use EU customer data in their AI platforms will need to comply. Other countries and regions are likely to use the AI Act as a blueprint, just as they did with the GDPR,” he said, referring to EU privacy rules. Read more about the new AI rules.
Testifying would have been risky for Trump because it would have opened him up to a potentially probing cross-examination from prosecutors. In defiant and rambling testimony in a civil fraud trial last year, Trump was reprimanded by the judge and ultimately ordered to pay $355 million in penalties. A similar situation in this case could have alienated jurors.
The first-ever criminal trial of a U.S. president is winding down after weeks of witness testimony. Justice Juan Merchan said jurors would return next Tuesday to hear closing arguments, with deliberations likely beginning the following day.
