The ICO has, this week, published extensive guidance on its expectations on Agentic AI, ICO tech futures: Agentic AI | ICO. The UK data protection regulator’s core message is clear: the future of the success of this technology is rooted in accountability.
Investor expectations on the realisation of commercial
Continue Reading Why Investors should lean into privacy-centric AI: key takeaways from the ICO’s Agentic AI Guidance
The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg has issued a ruling that contains important guidelines for the admissibility of AI training and data mining.
In its ruling dated 10 December 2025, the court dismissed the appeal brought by the photographer Robert Kneschke against the first-instance judgment of the Regional Court of
Continue Reading Robert Kneschke v. LAION: Judgment of 10 December 2025 (Ref.: 5 U 104/24)
The European Space Agency launched the James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day 2021 from its facility in French Guiana. A collaboration between NASA, CSA and ESA, the JWST’s launch could not have gone better – a perfect ballet of rocketry, automation and cutting -edge science. The James Webb continues
Continue Reading Digital Autofocus – Will Europe’s Digital Omnibus bring clarity to Regulation?
The dream of directly effective supra-national legislation, applying in exactly the same way in each EU Member State: an EU Regulation should (in theory) provide the same protections in the same way at the same time to all EU citizens. As is ever the case, theory and reality rarely align
Continue Reading State of the Act: EU AI Act implementation in key Member States
During the session of September 17, 2025, the Italian Senate approved Bill No. 1146-B, entitled “Provisions and delegated powers to the Government regarding artificial intelligence.” The text was published on the Italian Official Journal as Law No. 132 of 2025 and is set to become applicable starting from
Continue Reading Italy passes its own law on artificial intelligence: new rules effective October 2025
Ireland has marked a significant milestone in the implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, positioning itself at the forefront of responsible AI regulation in Europe. On 16 September 2025, the Department for of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment announced the designation of additional national competent authorities and a
Continue Reading Ready, set, regulate – Ireland’s new National AI Office and Competent Authorities
In the rapidly evolving tech industry sector, artificial intelligence (AI) stands at the forefront of innovation. Although stakeholders active in the technology sector represent the natural leaders of AI and are adopting AI to a greater extent than companies related to other industry sectors,[1] they are faced with an
Continue Reading AI in the tech sector – touch points and regulatory difference across the EU and Australia
We are living through the most dynamic regulatory and commercial moment for artificial intelligence since the advent of cloud computing. Contract standards and supervisory expectations are being shaped in real time, propelled by the extraordinary velocity of technical change and the breadth of AI’s impact across ethical, anthropological, and legal
Continue Reading AI in insurance: Acceleration meets accountability
The first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence (AI), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act), entered into force last year. Rather than taking immediate effect, the harmonized rules on AI under the Act have been staggered in application.
The first of the EU AI Act’s obligations took effect on
Continue Reading Latest wave of obligations under the EU AI Act take effect: Key considerations
Part 3: No Time to Hire: Will Agentic AI transform the workplace?
The advent of agentic AI is widely predicted to have a significant impact on the workforce, with it automating tasks currently performed by humans once believed to be beyond automation. This will lead to humans working alongside so-called
Continue Reading For Your AIs Only: Agentic AI Steps Out of the Shadows
