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AI companies face trans-Atlantic regulatory ‘sandwich’

By Luca Bertuzzi and Amy Miller ( January 8, 2026, 10:02 GMT | Comment) -- The European Union and several US states, most notably California, have passed laws regulating AI technologies, creating a complex international landscape for global AI companies to navigate. California’s legislation is set to influence AI technologies from their inception, since it hosts most of the world’s leading AI companies. Meanwhile, Europe is such a large and profitable market it’s hard to do without, pushing companies to comply with the AI Act and into a regulatory "sandwich" between the world’s most influential jurisdictions.The European Union and several US states, most notably California, have passed legislation regulating AI technologies, creating a complex international landscape for global AI companies to navigate....

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