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
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
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 18, 2025. The Guidelines closely follow the publication of the Commission’s and AI Office’s GPAI Code of Practice (Code), which outlines several
If hearing the word “prohibition” brings to mind the moonshine, speakeasies, and bootleg liquor of 1920s America, you’re not alone. It conjures images from ‘Boardwalk Empire’ or ‘The Untouchables’. But today’s prohibition isn’t about gin or whiskey – it’s about AI. With the EU’s new “prohibited AI” rules in force
Continue Reading A new prohibition era for AI: why you could be ‘bootlegging’ banned tech
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
After years of intense negotiation, EU stakeholders have finally reached political agreement on the long-awaited EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“EU AI Act“), which was first published by the European Commission (“EC“) on 21 April 2021. Following the final trilogues, the Council of the EU released the
Continue Reading Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments under the EU AI Act: Who, what and how?
