After months of backroom wrangling with industry leaders, the EU just published a final draft of guidelines which will determine how the AI Act is enforced.
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July 11, 2025
The EU published its new rulebook for GenAI. What do startups need to know?
New guidelines will help determine how the controversial AI Act will be enforced
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