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    10/02/2025
    CEE, UK

    EU Commission issues Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices – Part II.

    The European Commission has issued long awaited comprehensive guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). These practical guidelines, which include examples and “use cases”, are crucial for businesses and organisations involved in the development, deployment, and use of AI systems within the EU. They have been issued to ensure compliance with the AI Act, which seeks to balance innovation with the protection of fundamental rights and Union values.This is the second of two articles on these guidelines. In our first...
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    07/02/2025
    CEE, UK

    EU Commission issues guidelines on the definition of AI systems

    The European Commission has issued long awaited comprehensive guidelines on the definition of AI systems, as established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). With these practical guidelines the Commission aims to assist providers, deployers, importers, distributors of AI systems in determining whether a system constitutes an AI system within the meaning of the AI Act, thereby facilitating the effective application and enforcement of that Act. The definition of AI systems entered into force on 2 February 2025.Key elements of the AI system definitionDue to the diverse nature of AI systems, the...
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    07/02/2025
    CEE, UK

    EU Commission issues Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices – Part I.

    The European Commission has issued long awaited comprehensive guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). These practical guidelines, which include examples and “use cases”, are crucial for businesses and organisations involved in the development, deployment, and use of AI systems in the EU. They have been issued to ensure compliance with the AI Act, which seeks to balance innovation with the protection of fundamental rights and Union values.This is first of two Law-Now articles summarising these guidelines.Background...
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    31/01/2025
    International

    Sustainable Finance Regulation 2025 Timeline

    Our sustainable finance timeline sets out recent and expected EU, US, UK and International regulatory developments relating to sustainable finance in 2025.  
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    30/01/2025
    Europe

    Interplay of AI and copyright law: how do the options proposed in the UK’s recent consultation compare with the EU’s general TDM exception?

    IntroductionAs AI continues to evolve, the intersection of AI and copyright law remains a hot topic for content creators and technology platforms alike. One of the key areas of focus is the EU’s general text and data mining (“TDM”) exception (contained in the EU Digital Single Market (“DSM”) Directive)[1], intended to provide a safe harbour for AI developers, while providing content creators with a right to opt out from their works being used to train AI. The EU AI Act[2] contains copyright-related provisions referring to this general TDM exception, but there remains...
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    29/01/2025
    Europe

    European Commission publishes update on Omnibus Regulation

    On 29 January 2025, the European Commission published a communication to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the EU, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, entitled “A Competitiveness Compass for the EU” (the “Competitiveness Compass”).The Competitiveness Compass reiterates the European Commission’s desire to deliver “an unprecedented simplification effort” by reducing the costs of all administrative burdens, including reporting burdens, by at least 25% and 35% for all companies and SMEs,...
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