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 domains.
The phase feels strikingly
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 February 2, 2025, prohibiting certain
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 measures that providers of GPAI
We previously wrote about a Chinese court decision that protected the copyright of AI-generated images in the ‘half heart’ case. However, in a recent case, the Zhangjiagang People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) denied copyright protection for AI-generated works.
In the new ‘butterfly chairs’ case, the plaintiff used the AI tool Midjourney to create three
The European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Code) on July 10, 2025, after a long drafting process that was originally intended to conclude in May 2025. The development of the code was facilitated by the European AI Office, and involved nearly 1,000 stakeholders, including academics, model developers, AI safety experts, representatives from
The EU is advancing toward its Digital Decade goal of digital transformation by 2030, which includes at least 75% of EU business using cloud-edge technologies for their activities. Meanwhile, one of the cornerstone regulations is promising to reshape the legal and operational landscape for cloud service providers (CSPs) and their customers.
The Data Act takes effect from
The European Commission has published the final version of a general-purpose AI (“GPAI”) Code of Practice. We took a deeper look into it and prepared a short summary to help you understand what the GPAI Code of Practice is, what it is for and what it is about.
Background
The rules for GPAI models are
In a recent webinar, Kit Burden, Partner in our Tech and Sourcing team caught up with Gareth Stokes, Global Co-Chair of our Technology Sector and AI Practice, along with Aarushi Jain, Partner in the Technology and Media team at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to discuss AI in the global market. In addition to looking at the
The European Union has ushered in a new era of digital regulation that will significantly impact the data centre industry. With the introduction of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the new Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS2) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) data centre operators, investors, and service providers must prepare for a
Part 2: You’re Only Liable Twice: Agentic AI errors.
Agentic AI and its ability to perform tasks autonomously on behalf of users, without the regular prompting associated with more traditional AI models, is the new frontier of AI. Many organisations are betting big on the significant advancements and conveniences it affords.
But with great autonomy