WilmerHale's comprehensive review tracks 2024's substantial data privacy advances including the EU AI Act adoption, growing state AI legislation, and continued FTC enforcement focusing on AI capabilities claims and unfair AI usage. The analysis details federal developments including NIST's nonbinding AI guidance responding to Biden's Executive Order, California's three new AI transparency laws, and international competition authority statements on AI ecosystem protection. This authoritative privacy law assessment demonstrates accelerating regulatory momentum across international, federal, and state levels while highlighting key enforcement trends around genetic data, location tracking, and national security concerns that will shape 2025 compliance obligations.