The first EU standard to drive conformity and facilitate enforcement of the EU AI Act has been published in draft and circulated for feedback among the countries involved. This is a landmark step forward for artificial intelligence governance and regulation, and compliance managers should prepare for it to be finalized and published by the end of 2026.

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...