Landmark European AI Act comes into force

BRUSSELS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The landmark European Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, officially entered into force on Thursday, making it an official law of the European Union (EU).

"With the AI Act, the EU has taken an important step to ensure that AI technology uptake respects EU rules in Europe," said Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age.