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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising everything from industrial production to cancer diagnosis. But as well as tremendous upsides it also carries risks.

The articles below tackle different aspects of the AI debate, from explaining what ‘AI technology’ really does to examining how it is testing legal frameworks around product liability, intellectual property and even human rights. Our AI hub aims to demystify this rapidly developing technology and explore how it intersects with regulation and the law.

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EU AI Act unpacked #24: European Commission releases critical AI Act implementation guidelines (Part 2) - Prohibited AI Practices

On 4 February 2025, the European Commission published guidelines on prohibited practices under the EU’s AI Act (the Guidelines). These Guidelines provide the Commission’s interpretation of the…

Author(s): Jérôme Philippe, Christoph Werkmeister, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen, Davide Borelli, Laéna Bouafy, Philipp Roos, Julia Utzerath, Isabella Oldani, Valentina Scolari

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EU AI Act unpacked #23: European Commission releases critical AI Act implementation guidelines (Part 1) - Definition of AI systems

The European Commission has taken a significant step forward in clarifying the EU AI Act by releasing new implementation guidelines in early February 2025. These guidelines specifically address two…

Author(s): Jérôme Philippe, Christoph Werkmeister, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen, Davide Borelli, Philipp Roos, Laéna Bouafy, Julia Utzerath, Isabella Oldani, Valentina Scolari

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EU AI Act unpacked #22: Key considerations for employers as deployers vs. providers under the EU AI Act

The EU AI Act introduces a new regulatory framework that distinguishes between, among others, deployers and providers. Employers will typically assume the role of deployers when using AI systems to…

Author(s): Satya Staes Polet, Raquel Flórez, David Mendel, Leonhard Prasser, Hubertus Reinbach, Flavia Lang, Brunhilde Van Den Haute, Olga Chislova, Matteo Tola, Guy Huffen, Marina Sokolova, Blaise Nsenguwera

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  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • eu ai act series

Getty v Stability AI – Green light given for representative action under CPR 19.3

The High Court has now ordered that Getty Images (Getty) may pursue its claim against Stability AI (Stability) as a representative action on behalf of individuals who were a party to specified…

Author(s): Emma Probyn, Christine Simpson, Phoebe Campbell, Dr. Christopher Stothers, Alexandra Morgan

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  • intellectual property
  • litigation

Lights, Cameras, AI Action

Energised by our attendance at the recent Tortoise Responsible AI Forum, Paris AI Action Summit and City & Financial AI Regulation Summit, the international Freshfields AI team looks at five key…

Author(s): Rachael Annear, Beth George, Natasha Good, Giles Pratt, Laéna Bouafy

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  • americas
  • asia-pacific
  • data
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  • europe
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The Responsible AI Forum 2025: Companies are facing growing regulatory and litigation risks over the use of AI, and not just from the new laws grabbing the headlines

Freshfields is a Knowledge Partner on the Responsible AI Forum 2025, hosted at Spencer House by Tortoise Media, in partnership with the Rothschild Foundation. The Responsible AI Forum sets out an…

Author(s): Giles Pratt

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  • eu ai act
  • europe
  • intellectual property
  • us
  • political change

German Election #2: Digital Policies in the 2025 Election Campaign – How Germany’s Political Parties Want Germany to Catch Up on Digitalisation

On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the governing coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats…

Author(s): Alex Schmidtke

  • 2024 elections
  • ai
  • cyber security
  • data
  • data protection
  • eu ai act
  • eu cyber resilience act
  • eu data act
  • eu data governance act
  • eu digital markets act
  • eu digital strategy
  • eu nis2 directive
  • europe
  • political change

EU AI Act unpacked #21: The AI Act starts biting – AI literacy and prohibited practices rules now in effect

The first substantive parts of the EU’s AI Act are now binding on businesses in the EU – and beyond.  Although most of the new law’s obligations will start to come into effect on 2 August 2026, the…

Author(s): Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Theresa Ehlen, Mark Egeler, Verena Kirchmair, Sam Kloosterboer, Julia Utzerath

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