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22.07.2026

Fair Use in the Age of AI: Why the Bartz Settlement Isn’t What You Think It Is.

An important AI copyright case, Bartz vs Anthropic, drew to a close yesterday, as US District Judge Martínez-Olguín approved the final settlement between the defendant company, and the class of plaintiffs, comprising authors and publishers.  Under the settlement agreement Anthropic will pay out 1.5 billion dollars in compensation for having used approximately 500,000 pirated books […]

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13.07.2026

Deepfakes under the Commission’s guidelines: labelling will cover nearly all commercial AI content

Deepfakes under the Commission’s guidelines: labelling will cover nearly all commercial AI content From 2 August 2026, Article 50(4) of the AI Act applies an obligation to disclose that content has been artificially generated or manipulated by AI. The AI Omnibus does not change this date. The Commission’s guidelines of 8 May 2026 interpret this […]

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01.07.2026

Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation

AI Chamber submitted its position in the European Commission’s consultation on the “Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation”. In the position, we highlight the need to protect innovation, legal certainty and proportionate rules on AI, TDM, licensing and the protection of creators. 1. Introduction The AI Chamber welcomes the […]

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25.06.2026

Help Shape the Rules: High-Risk AI Consultation

The European Commission has published draft guidelines (HERE) on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act. The document covers both AI systems that are products or safety components of products regulated under sectoral legislation in Annex I and the use cases listed in Annex III, including biometrics, education, employment, […]