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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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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

  • ai
  • 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

  • africa
  • ai
  • americas
  • asia-pacific
  • data
  • eu ai act
  • europe
  • innovation
  • tech media and telecoms
  • us
  • political change

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

  • ai
  • asia-pacific
  • data
  • 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
  • political change
  • europe

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

  • ai
  • eu ai act
  • eu ai act series

Getty v Stability AI: Class definitions in representative claims under the lens

The High Court has rejected a proposed representative action brought by Thomas M. Barwick, Inc (Barwick), on behalf of c.50,000 photographers who have exclusively licensed their copyright works to…

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

  • ai
  • intellectual property
  • litigation

2025 Transnational Litigation Trends

Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape cross-border disputes in the year ahead. We delve into the…

Author(s): Timothy Harkness, Amella Viso, Taylor Jachman, Paloma Palmer

  • litigation
  • ai
  • data protection

10 Key MedTech Themes for 2025

Note: this article originally ran in MedCity News The MedTech industry is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. As AI reshapes the landscape, global collaborations are expanding, and the regulatory…

Author(s): Vinita Kailasanath, Shannon O'Hara

  • ai
  • antitrust and competition
  • cyber security
  • data
  • data protection
  • eu ai act
  • global
  • innovation
  • life sciences
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • regulatory framework
  • us
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