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Short updates on EU technology regulation, linked to the affected provisions and commentary.
Commission approves content of final guidelines on AI transparency (Article 50)
The European Commission approved the content of the final (non-binding) guidelines interpreting the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act – covering disclosure of interaction with AI (para 1), machine-readable marking of…
Commission orders Google to open search data and Android to rival AI assistants
The European Commission issued two sets of binding specification measures against Google under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In case DMA.100209 (Article 6(11) DMA), it ordered Google to share anonymised data on queries, rankings, clicks…
Germany: AI Act implementing law (KI-MIG) clears the Bundesrat, oversight goes to the Bundesnetzagentur
The law implementing the AI Act (the Gesetz zur Durchführung der Verordnung über künstliche Intelligenz), whose Article 1 is the KI-Marktüberwachungs-und-Innovationsförderungs-Gesetz (KI-MIG), cleared the Bundesrat at its 1067th sitting on…
Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content assessed as adequate
On 8 July 2026 the Commission, and a day later the European Artificial Intelligence Board, concluded that the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content adequately covers the obligations under Article 50(2), (4) and (5) of…
EDPB: draft guidelines on web scraping for generative AI
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted draft Guidelines 03/2026 on web scraping of publicly available online data for training generative AI models – the first comprehensive GDPR interpretation of this issue. According to the…
EDPB: draft guidelines on anonymisation with AI in mind
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft of new guidelines on the anonymisation of personal data (Guidelines 02/2026) – the first major update to the interpretation in over a decade, responding among other things to the…
Commission presents EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission published the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, setting out a coordinated approach to the risks and opportunities that advanced AI poses for cybersecurity. The Commission will strengthen the…
Council of the EU approves the Digital Omnibus on AI
The Council of the EU, as the second co-legislator, has given its final green light to the Digital Omnibus on AI (part of the so-called 'Omnibus VII'), completing the legislative procedure after the European Parliament's approval on 16…
Czech AI Act bill heads to Cabinet after consultation, with two unresolved objections (DPA, NÚKIB)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has resolved the inter-ministerial comments on the draft Czech AI Act implementing law (adapting Regulation 2024/1689; consultation ran 25 September–23 October 2025) and is submitting it to the Cabinet…
European Parliament approves the Digital Omnibus on AI and adds a ban on nudifier apps
The European Parliament gave its final approval to the Digital Omnibus on AI, a package of targeted amendments to the AI Act (423 in favour, 57 against, 174 abstentions). The application of obligations for high-risk AI systems is…