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UK law Financial Services Regulation Committee holds inquiry on stablecoins in the UK The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Commission is holding an inquiry on the development of, and proposed regulatory response to, stablecoins in the UK. In particular, the inquiry will examine the extent to which stablecoins might disrupt the traditional models of…
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have adopted a Joint Opinion on the Digital Omnibus Regulation proposal. The proposal aims to simplify the EU’s digital regulatory framework, reduce administrative burdens and enhance the competitiveness of European organisations. The joint opinion examines how the proposal would affect the GDPR,…
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Jonathan Hewett summarises and analyses this week’s important Supreme Court decision over patent protection for AI and computer-implemented inventions In a landmark decision on 11 February 2026, the UK Supreme Court has fundamentally reshaped the UK’s approach to the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. In positive news for patentees, the Judgment overrules almost 20 years of patent practice…
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The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Meta, setting out its preliminary view that Meta has breached EU antitrust laws by excluding third party AI assistants from accessing and interacting with users on WhatsApp. The Commission considers that this risks blocking competitors from entering or expanding in the growing market for AI…
The European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee MEPs issued a report which seeks to answer key legal questions about the interplay between genAI and copyright, including how to ensure transparency, consent and fair remuneration of creators and rightsholders when their protected works are used to generate, disseminate and distribute AI outputs. It says that access to…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has opened formal investigations into X and xAI covering their processing of personal data in relation to the Grok AI chatbot and its potential to produce harmful sexualised images and video content. This follows reports that Grok has been used to generate non-consensual sexualised images of individuals, including children. The ICO…
UK law Imgur owner MediaLab fined over children’s privacy failures The ICO has fined Imgur owner, MediaLab. AI Inc, nearly £250,000 for failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect children’s information. The ICO says that unlawful processing meant children could have been exposed to harmful content on Imgur including content relating to eating disorders, antisemitism, homophobia…
The European Commission has started two sets of proceedings to assist Google in complying with its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The specifications formalise the Commission’s regulatory dialogue with Google on certain areas of its compliance with two DMA obligations. The first set of proceedings concerns Google’s obligation under the Article 6(7) of…
UK law GDS and DSIT publish guidelines for preparing government datasets for AI use The Government Digital Service and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have published initial guidance on preparing government datasets for use in AI applications. The guidance provides the initial guidelines for releasing government datasets for AI applications and sets out…