Following a surge of excitement after the launch of the artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022, governments worldwide have been striving to craft policies that will foster AI development while ensuring the technology remains safe and trustworthy. In February, several provisions of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act — the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation — took effect, prohibiting the deployment of certain applications, such as automated systems that claim to predict crime or infer emotions from facial features. Read More.