Publications

European Commission - A European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science

The European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science turns “AI for science” into an EU-wide infrastructure project (RAISE) that bundles compute, data, talent and funding, but leaves Member States with serious homework on governance, investment alignment and responsible use.

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APEC’s AI Initiative

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (hereafter ‘APEC’) endorsed its AI Initiative for 2026-2030. APEC includes countries such as the United States, China, Canada, and Indonesia. The AI Initiative embodies three main pillars and some action points to unlock the full potential of AI.

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European Union – Digital Omnibus proposal: Data Act revisions explained

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission presented a new set of measures (Digital Omnibus Package) that should enable Europe's businesses to spend less time on administrative work and compliance and more on innovating and scaling up. One of the legislative proposals is a reform of the current Data Act.

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Omnibus II Proposal: The Adoption of Common Specifications for All Regulated Products, including Software

This post provides explains the Omnibus II Proposal’s horizontal introduction of common specifications by the European Commission into EU product legislation in the context of the Digital Omnibus proposals.

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Digital Omnibus on AI: a simplification that isn't?

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Digital Omnibus & GDPR - Moving towards simplification: an overview of the Commission’s Proposal

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission has unveiled its first proposal of the Digital Omnibus as part of the broader Digital Package. This policy monitor outlines the main changes in relation to the GDPR.

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United States – California’s Transparancy in Frontier AI Act is signed into law

On 29 September 2025 the California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Senate Bill No. 53, also known as the Transparancy in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act. By signing this law, the state California follows jurisdictions like the European Union who opted for a risk-based regulatory framework.

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General Court (of the CJEU) – Case concerning the independency of the DPRC and collection of data in bulk without ex-ante authorisation (Latombe T-553/23)

The General Court dismissed Philippe Latombe's action for annulment of the Data Privacy Framework. Latombe argued that the US Data Protection Review Court is dependent on the executive branch and that US intelligence services collect personal data from the EU on a large scale without prior judicial authorization.

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European Commission – Apply AI Strategy

The Apply AI strategy is the EU's overarching sectoral strategy that complements the AI Continent Action Plan with concrete actions.

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United States - Richard Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc. - (Artificial) market harm as a decisive factor

On 25 June 2025, the US District Court, Northern District of California issued a summary judgment in the case Richard Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms Inc., ruling that Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta) did not infringe upon the plaintiffs' copyrights by using their books to train its large language models (LLMs).

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European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking – AI Factories & AI Factory Antennas

Belgium will establish an AI Factory Antenna which will provide Belgian companies, researchers and public institutions with services, access to supercomputing infrastructure and datasets and training.

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United States - Copyrights and AI: the case of Andrea Bartz, et al. versus Anthropic PBC

In June, the Northern District of California issued a summary judgment in the case Andrea Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC in favor of Anthropic PBC (Anthropic), ruling that using (pirated) copies of books to train artificial intelligence software (specifically large language models) is not a violation of US copyright law.

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Italy - Provisions and delegations to the Government on artificial intelligence

Italy is the first EU country that approved a national AI law that complements the EU AI Act

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UK - Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and OpenAI on AI opportunities

The UK has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deploying OpenAI’s models across public services, co-develop UK AI infrastructure and expand technical information-sharing with the UK AI Security Institute

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Flanders – Report Quickscan AI in the Flemish government

With the report Quickscan AI in the Flemish government, the AI Expertise Center aims to investigate how often, for what purposes, and by whom artificial intelligence (AI) is currently being used within the Flemish government.

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United States - America’s AI Action Plan

American President Donald Trump has unveiled the US vision for AI policy in the AI Action Plan

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European Commission – AI Literacy Questions and Answers

Article 4 of the AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with AI systems on their behalf. The European Commission clarified this obligation through a Q&A.

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European Commission - The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

This document outlines key considerations for providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI)

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United Kingdom – AI Security Institute

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the AI Safety Institute would renamed into the AI Security Institute.

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European Commission - Digital Europe Programme - Work programme 2025 - 2027

The European Commission is allocating €1.3 billion through the DIGITAL work programme for 2025–2027 for the deployment of strategically critical technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud and data infrastructure, cyber resilience, and digital skills — all aimed at strengthening Europe’s technological sovereignty.

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European Commission – Invest AI initiative

InvestAI channels €200 billion (incl. a €20 billion fund for four AI gigafactories) to make Europe a global AI leader and secure open, trustworthy compute capacity

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Italy - AI Bill approved by the Italian Senate

On 20 March 2025, the Italian Senate approved the AI Bill. The law builds on the EU AI Act and regulates AI systems in Italy.

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European Commission - AI Continent Action Plan

The EU Commission published its AI continent action plan to make the EU a global leader in artificial intelligence.

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The Netherlands – Design Proposal Dutch regulatory sandbox for the AI Act

The Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure proposes a design for the national AI regulatory sandbox in the Netherlands.

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European AI Office: guidelines on prohibited AI systems

On 4 February 2025, two days after the first batch of AI Act provisions became applicable – including the rules on prohibitions and AI literacy - the European AI Office published its Guidelines on prohibited AI systems.

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European AI Office: guidelines on the AI system definition

The EU AI Office published guidelines regarding the definition of an 'AI system' in the EU AI Act.

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South Korea - South Korean Basic AI Act

At the end of December 2024, South Korea published its Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of Trust. South Korean lawmakers clearly took their cue from the EU AI Act, although there are also differences prompted by specific South Korean needs.

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Netherlands - Dutch Authorities publish final advice on AI Authorities

In November 2024, the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (“Rijksdienst Digitale Infrastructuur”) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (“Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens”) published their final joint advice on the supervision of AI systems under the AI Act in the Netherlands.

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Belgium - Federal Government Agreement 2025 - 2029

The Federal Coalition Agreement details the new federal government's plans to address critical challenges. This summary focuses on the themes of artificial intelligence (AI) and personal data.

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Belgium/Flanders - VTC vs. ANPR cameras

In a directive/warning, the Flemish Supervisory Commission (VTC) urges local authorities to handle the use of ANPR cameras with caution; look before you leap.

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