ANALYSIS: Why US Tech Isn’t Holding Its Breath for the EU AI Act

With the EU AI Act under review and US states rolling out their own laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, companies face mounting compliance costs and operational complexity. Whether timelines shift or not, the challenge for corporate legal departments remains: building governance frameworks that keep pace with global rules without slowing innovation.

On Oct. 14, the feedback period for the EU’s call for evidence—similar to the public comment period for proposed US regulations, allowing stakeholders to influence rulemaking—came to a close. Numerous US tech companies, including tech giants such as Snap Inc., OpenAI , and Salesforce, ...