This Practice Note considers the key legal issues arising in relation to the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the EU.

It looks specifically at the areas of:

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   Regulating AI in the EU

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   The EU AI Act

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   The EU Digital Services Act

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   Adapting the civil liability rules for digital and AI—the revised Product Liability Directive

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   Proposal for a Directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence—EU AI Liability Directive

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   Revision of sectoral safety legislation—the EU Machinery Regulation and the EU General Product Safety Regulation

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   Data in AI—the EU Data Act and the EU Data Governance Act

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   AI as a legal entity

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   AI international cooperation

For consideration of other related AI areas, see Practice Notes:

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   Artificial intelligence and machine learning—an introduction to the technology

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   Artificial intelligence—intellectual property

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   Artificial intelligence—data protection in the EU

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   EU Artificial intelligence—tracker

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