Global competition and convergence of AI Law

This paper is a draft entry for an encyclopedia. It aims to provide an overview rather than an in-depth discussion. To begin with, we need to come to terms with the question of what is meant with AI, avoiding both over- and underinclusive definitions. In section II, I first explore the definitional conundrum within the research domain of AI, followed by an account of how various public bodies that prepare AI legislation aim to define the scope of their object. In section III, I provide a brief overview of the different approaches to dedicated AI legislation by the OECD, the US, China and the EU. Finally, in section IV, I discuss the Brussels effect of the EU’s AI Act that may diffuse the EU approach across a variety of jurisdictions whose corporations wish to compete on the internal market of the EU.