EU AI Act Compliance Costs Could Reach €1.5M per Mid-Size AI Company — Asian Exporters Brace for Impact
A new analysis from McKinsey estimates mid-size AI companies will spend an average of €1.5 million each to comply with the EU AI Act by its 2027 enforcement deadline. Asian AI exporters, particularly from China, Japan, and South Korea, face additional localization costs for documentation and model auditing in European languages.
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