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The EU Data Act introduces design obligations for smart products, data-sharing requirements and mandatory contractual obligations. It applies to all raw data generated by these products, not just personal data.

If you have “smart” technology products connected to the internet available in the EU, or provide data-based services

Continue Reading Navigating the Data Act: What organisations need to know about “smart” products

As the first court in Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court (‘Landgericht Hamburg‘) ruled on Artificial Intelligence whether datasets used for AI training activities may infringe German copyright law (Judgment as of 27 September 2024 – file no. 310 O 227/23).

Background

The plaintiff is a photographer who made

Continue Reading First of its Kind – Hamburg Regional Court Ruling on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in Germany

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, the conversation around AI bias and its implications has never been more urgent. Businesses are racing to leverage AI for data-driven decision-making, yet many overlook a critical issue: the very algorithms designed to enhance efficiency can perpetuate existing societal biases.

Continue Reading Beyond code: Addressing AI bias with inclusive governance

This year, our DLA Piper Tech Index is global, and captures the views of an even wider cross section of organizations working in the technology space. The report itself contains fascinating and granular findings on a range of important topics, and we consider here the key points relevant for CGFR

Continue Reading Key insights from the Tech Index 2024 report

Our webinar explored liability that can be incurred from the creation use or deployment of AI systems and raised some important questions around the current and future regulatory landscape applicable to AI and liability. We also discussed the regulatory and tortious liability regimes in the UK and across the EU

Continue Reading Navigating AI Liability Risks

Recent updates

There is finally some clarity around how artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is going to look in Australia. The Australian Government has released a proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in ‘high risk’ settings (Proposals Paper), as well as a Voluntary AI Safety

Continue Reading Shaping the future: Australia’s approach to AI regulation

Industries around the world have been hugely affected by global events over the past several years. Wars, famine and water shortages, political unrest and pandemics have all contributed to persistent supply constraints for some of the modern world’s most important commodities. One product that is particularly central to almost every

Continue Reading The chips are down – a look into semiconductors and the automotive industry

It’s fair to say that Aotearoa New Zealand’s approach to regulation (and empowerment) of the rapid adoption of AI-enabled solutions has been conspicuous in its absence to date. New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is the only regulator to have released substantive guidance for businesses adopting AI-enabled solutions (see our thoughts on

Continue Reading From Innovation to Implementation: Regulating AI in Aotearoa New Zealand

In Hungary, the NIS2 Directive was transposed in May 2023 following the adoption of Act 23 of 2023 on cybersecurity certification and cybersecurity supervision. Under the Hungarian legislation transposing the NIS2 Directive, domestic entities have until 30 June 2024 to register.

As the title of the new Hungarian legislation indicates

Continue Reading NIS2 Directive: The deadline for the registration of entities in Hungary is 30 June 2024

Imagine a modern-day meeting room in a bustling corporate office, where executives and employees alike converse in hushed tones, no notes or minutes are taken, and their words disappear almost as quickly as they are spoken. Picture the scene: a CEO dispatches a critical strategy to her team, a manager

Continue Reading Gone in a flash: unravelling the mystery of ephemeral messaging