Mauritz is the Founding Director of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology at Stanford University, Founder of MusicaJuridica and strategic intellectual property lawyer at AIRecht, a technology consultancy firm based in Amsterdam. His academic work on regulating AI, machine learning training data and quantum technology has been published by Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Berkeley, and others. Mauritz studied IP, contract law, and law & biosciences at Stanford Law School, VU University, and Maastricht University.
Global AI governance is shifting from voluntary principles to enforceable rules. Building on the EU AI Act’s risk-based approach and ISO/IEC 42001’s process framework, a powerful new regulatory force has now emerged from the heart of AI innovation: California’s Senate Bill 53 (SB-53).
The quantum era is not a distant, speculative future; it is an emerging present, a technological revolution unfolding in real-time within laboratories, startups, and corporate R&D centers around the globe. This transformative moment demands a new paradigm for governance.
As the European Union’s groundbreaking AI Act transitions from proposal to enforceable law, enterprises across the United States, Europe, and Asia that conduct business within the EU are facing an unprecedented compliance challenge that demands immediate attention.
Adopting ISO 42001 is a proactive measure to mitigate AI-related risks, build stakeholder trust, gain a competitive edge, and simplify navigation of diverse regulatory expectations.
The new European rules will forever change the way AI is formed.
