The Munich I Regional Court (Landgericht München I) issued a decision recognizing that the large language models (LLMs) used by OpenAI contained memorized reproductions of protected song-lyrics and held that use of the models constituted a reproduction under copyright law. The case involved claims by GEMA (German Society for Musical Performance and Mechanical Reproduction Rights) that OpenAI’s models had memorized ...
This October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Digital Age Assurance Act into law, establishing new age verification rules for software applications. The law takes effect on January 1, 2027.
The law focuses on mandatory age verification signals for software applications and online services, aiming to provide greater protections for child users.
Operating system providers (OSPs) are required to provide ...
Chinese regulators have recently revised the country’s cybersecurity framework, reflecting a shift toward more proactive oversight in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) safety and clearer requirements for infrastructure incident reporting. These updates may indicate key regulatory priorities for the year ahead.
The first change is a formal amendment to China’s foundational Cybersecurity Law (CSL), representing the first major update ...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a blog outlining its enforcement approach to the UK public sector under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. The ICO emphasizes that its primary objective is to raise data protection standards across sectors rather than rely on fines as the default tool. Early engagement with senior decision-makers, audits, guidance, and sandbox-type ...
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published “Guidance for Risk Management of Artificial Intelligence Systems” in respect of EU institutions, bodies, and agencies subject to the version of the GDPR that applies to EU bodies (“EUDPR”).
The guidance aims to help EU institutions acting as controllers to identify and reduce specific data protection risks under the EUDPR. The guidance focuses ...
The European Commission has adopted the “Apply AI Strategy,” aiming to leverage the rapidly advancing capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reshape entire industries and the public sector.
Building on the EU AI Act and a commitment to trustworthy, human-centric AI, the strategy seeks to boost innovation, accelerate productivity, and reinforce the EU’s competitive strength and technological sovereignty. While the ...
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