Happy October and Cyber Awareness Month! While October ends with ghosts and goblins and other scary monsters for Halloween, the entire month of October is dedicated to raising awareness of cyber security and preventing (and if necessary responding to) cyber security incidents.
It is hard in this day and age not to be aware of
On September 23, 2025, Italy adopted Law no. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law will enter into force on 10 October 2025 and aims, inter alia, to complement the Regulation EU 2024/1689 (EU AI Act).
On 6 October 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) issued, G7 cyber expert group statement on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.
Rather than set guidance or regulatory expectations, the statement seeks to raise awareness of artificial intelligence’s (AI) cybersecurity dimensions and outlines key considerations for financial institutions, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders that support security and resilience
Judge William Alsup expressed broad concerns about a proposed $1.5 billion settlement deal between Anthropic PBC and a number of author-plaintiffs, questioning whether the agreement adequately protects class members and Anthropic. At a September 8 preliminary hearing, Judge Alsup denied the parties’ motion for approval without prejudice, later issuing an order postponing approval until more
On 9 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a new webpage, AI and the FCA: our approach.
The webpage briefly covers how the FCA’s rules apply to AI and how AI is helping the FCA become a smarter regulator.
On 9 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Feedback Statement 25/5: Summary of Feedback Received on the Engagement Paper proposing AI Live Testing (FS25/5).
In FS25/5 the FCA summarises the feedback it received to an Engagement Paper it published in April 2025 which set out a proposal for AI Live Testing.
The FCA
This article was co-authored with Arabella Cull.
The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 commenced on 22 August 2025, replacing the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 and introducing changes such as the application of the hierarchy of control measures to psychosocial risks, and new information sharing duties for the silica worker register. At the
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered its judgment on case C 413/23 P European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) v Single Resolution Board (SRB). The CJEU has confirmed that pseudonymised data will not be personal data in all cases. This will be a welcome confirmation for innovative uses of data, including training AI models. The question
Agentic AI brings the promise of AI making a range of decisions autonomously. It has been proposed as the way forward for some of the most impactful decisions in our lives: interacting with customers and actioning requests, triaging requests for medical appointments, and hiring candidates — to name a few.
But many of the models
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in our professional lives—whether in recruitment, human resources management, task automation or decision-making. Employees use AI to enhance their efficiency or to assist with repetitive tasks, often without informing their managers.
AI in the workplace utilises a range of tools, including: