From Code to Case File: How the EU AI Act, GDPR, and Data Act Are Transforming AI Governance into Evidentiary Risk (Part 1 of 2)

               The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is often described as the first comprehensive, horizontal legal framework for artificial intelligence. The AI Act operates as the mechanism through which artificial intelligence systems are brought within the European Union’s (EU) broader architecture of market supervision, data protection, product safety, cybersecurity resilience, and civil accountability.