The EU AI Act’s AI literacy obligation applied from 2 February 2025. This applies to anyone doing anything with AI where there is some connection to the EU – to providers and deployers of any AI systems.
The AI Act gives little away on what compliance would look like though. Fortunately, the Commission’s AI Office…
On April 9, 2025, in the case of Securities Exchange Commission v. Albert Saniger (Saniger),[1] the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) charged Alberto Saniger Mantinan, former CEO of Nate, Inc., a privately held technology startup, with fraudulently soliciting investments in Nate during two rounds of fundraising from the spring of 2019 through…
In August 2024, we reported on the Hong Kong Government’s two-month public consultation on potential revisions to the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) (“CO”) in response to developments in generative artificial intelligence (“AI”). The public consultation was completed on 8 September 2024.
On 18 February 2025, the Government submitted a discussion paper (“Paper”) to the Legislative…
On April 4, 2025, representatives from 52 African countries gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, for the Global AI Summit for Africa. This historic event marked the signing of the Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence (the Declaration), a significant step forward for the continent in embracing the AI revolution. Despite public scepticism of superintelligence, African nations are…
This blog was co-authored by Adriaan Lourens, candidate attorney.
In February 2025, the Competition Commission released the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry Provisional Report. The Report examines the impact of global digital platforms, such as Google, Meta, and Microsoft, on South Africa’s local media industry. It addresses key concerns regarding advertising revenue distribution, algorithmic…
On 9 April 2025 the European Commission (the Commission) launched a public consultation on the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act. The initiative forms part of the Commission’s AI Continent Action Plan that was published the same day. In the accompanying Call for Evidence, the Commission sets out background to its proposed initiative…
On March 20, 2025, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) announced a settlement with Ohio-based Root Insurance, regarding privacy practices relating to its auto insurance online quoting tool. As part of the settlement, Root agreed to pay $975,000 and to undertake a variety of security measures, including creation of a data inventory, requiring Root to…
Individuals have the right to receive meaningful information about solely automated decisions with significant effects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes decisions that will impact an individual’s finances or employment. But how much information are individuals entitled to receive? Should they be given the underlying algorithm, or merely a high-level explanation, or…
The EU AI Act’s prohibitions came into effect on 2 February 2025 and carry fines of 7% worldwide annual turnover for non-compliance. The prohibitions at Article 5 and accompanying recitals (particularly recitals 28-44) set out a complex set of provisions. The guidelines published by the Commission on 4 February 2025 (the guidelines) were welcome for…
Happy February 20th and Information Governance Day! Today is an opportunity to reflect on the evolution of information governance and, more importantly, its future. In our view, information governance is in its ascendency and is only becoming more and more important to our clients.
We have been providing legal advice on information governance (IG) to…
