As organisations continue with their roll-out of AI, the global regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly complex. AI-specific laws like the EU AI Act already applicable and new AI-specific laws are proposed, adding to the range of existing laws and regulations
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California’s anti-employment-discrimination regulations now include AI, expand retention requirements
On June 27, 2025, the California Civil Rights Council, which is part of the Civil Rights Department, published revised regulations to protect against employment discrimination as a result of an employer’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies that…
Canada’s Place in the AI Data Centre Boom
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow in capability and adoption, the technology infrastructure required to support it is rapidly expanding. The rise of AI has led to the development of specialized data centres built to handle the high computational demands associated with AI workloads. …
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The biggest AI privacy problems no one is talking about: Installment 1: The Agent2Agent (“A2A”) Protocol
In the privacy world, everyone is focused on fairness, bias, and data scraping. These issues, however, are not even among the top 3 AI…
AI and Job Postings: Navigating Ontario’s Upcoming Requirements
On March 21, the Ontario’s Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (“Bill 149”) received Royal Assent.
Generative AI: Updated global guide to key IP considerations
Generative AI systems are trained using vast amounts of data, often taken from sources in the public domain that may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. So could training a generative AI system using publicly accessible copyright…
AI literacy – the Commission’s pointers on building your programme
The EU AI Act’s AI literacy obligation applied from 2 February 2025. This applies to anyone doing anything with AI where there is some connection to the EU – to providers and deployers of any AI systems.
The AI Act…
Prohibited practices under the AI Act: Answered and unanswered questions in the Commission’s guidelines
The EU AI Act’s prohibitions came into effect on 2 February 2025 and carry fines of 7% worldwide annual turnover for non-compliance. The prohibitions at Article 5 and accompanying recitals (particularly recitals 28-44) set out a complex set of provisions.
Federal government announces latest National Cyber Security Strategy
On February 6, the Government of Canada announced its latest National Cyber Security Strategy (the NCSS), detailing the federal government’s plan to help Canadian organizations prepare for and respond to the rapidly evolving and increasingly sophisticated cyber security threats of…
The Commission’s guidelines on AI systems – what can we infer?
The EU’s AI Act imposes extensive obligations on the development and use of AI. Most of the obligations in the AI Act look to regulate the impact of the specific use cases on health, safety, or fundamental rights. These sets…