AI Regulatory

On 9 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published guidance titled "Complying with consumer law when using AI agents." The guidance is non-statutory and final in its current form. It sets out how existing UK consumer protection law applies when businesses deploy AI agents to act on behalf of consumers in commercial transactions. The CMA issued the guidance in response to the rapid growth of AI agent technology and the emergence of commercial use cases in w

On March 18, 2026, the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted a joint position on proposed amendments to the AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) as part of the European Commission's Digital Omnibus package. The joint position addresses proposed changes to Articles 2, 6, and 17 of the AI Act, which relate to scope, high-risk AI system classification thres

On March 20, 2026, the Trump Administration published a four-page document titled "A National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence: Legislative Recommendations" (the Framework). The White House released the Framework as a non-binding set of legislative recommendations addressed to Congress. It is not an executive order, regulation, or statute. It sets out six policy objectives and calls on Congress to enact federal legislation to implement them, with the Administratio

On 10 March 2026, the European Parliament adopted Resolution P10_TA(2026)0066 on copyright and generative artificial intelligence — opportunities and challenges, under procedure 2025/2058(INI). The resolution is a non-legislative act adopted by plenary in Strasbourg. It does not create binding law directly, but calls on the European Commission to propose legislative measures to clarify the copyright treatment of generative AI training and output activities across the EU. The

On 19 March 2026, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published a report titled "Copyright and Artificial Intelligence" together with a supporting impact assessment. The documents address the legal treatment of copyright-protected works used to train AI models and the application of the existing text and data mining (TDM) exception under section 29A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988). The publication follows two earlier stag

On 12 March 2026, the Cabinet Office published CP 1529, the consultation response to its proposed updates to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021 (NARs). The consultation had been open from 22 July 2025 to 14 October 2025 and sought views on changes to seventeen sector schedules. The response confirms that the government will revise Schedule 3 (Artificial Intelligence) to narrow its scop

On 6 March 2026, the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee published its fourth report of the 2024–25 session, "AI, copyright and the creative industries" (HL Paper 267). The report addresses whether UK copyright law adequately protects rights holders whose works are used to train generative AI systems. It concludes that the current legal position is uncertain, that the government's proposed text and data mining exception — if enacted without a rights-holder opt

On 5 March 2026, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Insurance Authority (IA), and Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) published a joint circular (Ref: HKMA/B1/15C; SFO/IS/009/2026; INS/TEC/10/48; SU/CTC/2026/001) inviting regulated institutions to apply for participation in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Sandbox++ (GenA.I. Sandbox++). This initiative expands an existing HKMA-only sandbox, originally launched

The rules governing crypto and AI products have never moved faster. One thing is clear heading into 2026: the rules are arriving . Not next year. Not "eventually." Now. This article pulls together the key themes across major jurisdictions and translates them into practical guidance for founders, CTOs, and legal teams building crypto and AI products today. The Big Picture: From Headwinds to Horizons After years of regulatory uncertainty — enforcement actions, collapsed exchang

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council, published in the Official Journal on 12 July 2024 (the EU AI Act), entered into force on 1 August 2024. The Act applies in phases. The obligations specific to high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III become applicable on 2 August 2026, two years after the Act's entry into force, under Article 113(b). Providers and deployers of in-scope high-risk AI systems must be fully compliant with Chapters III and IV

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53 (SB 53) into law on September 29, 2025. The bill was chaptered as Chapter 138, Statutes of 2025. SB 53 is in effect and imposes mandatory obligations on developers of large-scale AI models that meet defined computational thresholds. The law added Chapter 22.7 (commencing with Section 22756) to Division 8 of the California Business and Professions Code. Section 22756.1 of the Business and Professions Code defines a covered

The UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2026] UKSC 3 on 11 February 2026. The Court unanimously allowed the appeal and abolished the Aerotel four-step test that UK courts and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) had applied to assess patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions since 2006. The judgment is final and binding on all UK tribunals and the UKIPO. Section

Italy enacted Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132 ("Disposizioni e deleghe al Governo in materia di intelligenza artificiale"), which entered into force on 10 October 2025. The law establishes a national governance structure for the development, deployment, and supervision of AI systems in Italy. It operates as a framework law intended to complement, not replace, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act), which entered into force on 1 August 2024 and applies directly throughout EU me