On July 10, 2025, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced a $2.5 million settlement with Earnest Operations, a student loan company, for allegedly failing to mitigate risks of disparate harms to Black, Hispanic, and...more
The European Commission (Commission) adopted its long-anticipated guidelines on the scope of obligations for general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) models under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act) (Guidelines) on July...more
The European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Code) on July 10, 2025, after a long drafting process that was originally intended to conclude in May 2025. The development of the code was...more
On June 22, 2025, Governor Abbott signed HB 149, the “Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act” (the Act or TRAIGA), making Texas the third US state, after Colorado and Utah, to adopt a comprehensive...more
6/25/2025
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In our June 2024 white paper, Legal red teaming: A systematic approach to assessing legal risk of generative AI models, we presented legal red teaming, a methodology aimed at helping organizations that...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing rapidly. A key development is the emergence of “agentic” AI structures, which operate with a greater autonomy compared to traditional AI systems. These powerful agents...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a criminal indictment and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a civil complaint against the founder and former CEO of an e-commerce technology startup. DOJ and...more
The first compliance deadline set out in the European Union (EU)’s Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, or the EU AI Act, took effect on February 2, 2025. ...more
2/4/2025
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During its last week before the inauguration, the Biden Administration issued significant and complex new export controls on semiconductors and related technology for artificial intelligence (AI) applications worldwide. These...more
1/27/2025
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Machine Learning ,
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Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
The bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence (AI) in the US House of Representatives on December 17, 2024 released its highly anticipated report providing guiding principles, recommendations, and policy proposals to...more
On November 14, 2024, the EU AI Office published a first draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (draft Code), the first of four drafting rounds that will conclude in April 2025....more
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, increasing in complexity while driving significant innovation across sectors. In response to the rapid development of AI, myriad compliance...more
11/6/2024
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Technology Sector
Over the course of September, more than 30 artificial intelligence (AI)-focused bills crossed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. The bills proposed a broad set of rules, ranging from mandatory disclosure of information...more
On September 9, 2024, China’s National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity released the first version of its AI Safety Governance Framework (the Framework), which was formulated to implement the Global AI Governance...more
9/13/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
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Risk Mitigation ,
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