As of May 27, 2025, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) will start using some of the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including tools such as Meta AI and Llama language models....more
The European Union has significantly overhauled its product liability regime with a new directive concerning liability for defective products (Product Liability Directive). EU member states have until December 9, 2026, to...more
2/18/2025
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On 9 February 2025, prior to the commencement of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron in an interview on French national TV announced a substantial €109 billion investment in AI...more
2/12/2025
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The act’s rules kick in on a rolling basis over the next few years, with the first set of prohibitions coming into effect in February 2025.
The European Union's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is the first comprehensive...more
The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending...more
8/12/2024
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The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is set to become the world’s first comprehensive regulation on AI. After extensive negotiations, the European Parliament, Commission, and Council reached a political agreement on the AI...more
7/19/2024
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The new EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) is a risk-based framework, ranging from outright prohibitions on certain types of systems to light regulation of others. The AI Act sets out to define AI systems, their levels...more