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The Explanation Gap Between GDPR Article 22 and AI Act Article 86
GDPR Articles 13, 14, 15, and 22, together with AI Act Article 86, give affected people different routes to understand and contest automated or AI-assisted decisions — but they cover…
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The Clause That Almost Vanished
The public record does not prove who wrote the Digital Omnibus. It shows something more useful: who had access, whose asks aligned with the draft, and which public-visibility safeguard nearly…
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The Regime That Got Nothing: GPAI Enforcement Still Arrives on 2 August
The 7 May Omnibus deal — still a provisional agreement, pending formal adoption — would delay the high-risk rules. It leaves the general-purpose AI obligations exactly where they are. For…
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Twelve Days Apart: Brussels Moved the Deadline, Then Told You How to Meet It
The EU delayed its high-risk AI obligations on 7 May and published 148 pages of classification guidance on 19 May. Read together, the two acts say the same thing —…
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The U.S. National AI Safety Board: Regulation Enters the Real World
The United States has formally established a National AI Safety Board (NAISB), an independent body modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board. Announced in early October 2025, the NAISB will…
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Algorithmic Power and Public Oversight: The Next Phase of AI Accountability
In October 2025, the United States announced the formation of a National AI Safety Board—a permanent oversight body modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board. Days later, the European Commission…
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AI Security by Design: Integrating Governance into the Development Lifecycle
Integrating Governance into the Development Lifecycle Artificial-intelligence security is entering a phase where good intentions are no longer sufficient. 2025’s high-profile AI breaches—from model-prompt leaks to manipulated training datasets—exposed that…
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Market Disclosure and the Corporate Governance Shift
A quiet revolution is taking place in corporate reporting. In their 2025 third-quarter filings, companies including Microsoft, SAP, and UBS began referencing AI risk governance alongside traditional cybersecurity and ESG…
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Generative AI in Media: Deepfakes, Elections, and Authenticity Liability
As election seasons unfold across multiple continents, lawmakers and media organizations are racing to counter an explosion of AI-generated misinformation. In September 2025, the European Parliament advanced a bill requiring…
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AI and Defense: NATO, National Security, and the Ethics of Autonomy
NATO’s new Defense Innovation Charter, signed in early October 2025, requires that any AI system deployed for military decision support or targeting must be explainable and auditable (NATO, 2025). The…
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Global Audit Momentum: Regulators Move Toward Cross-Border Oversight
When senior officials from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission met in Brussels this month, they discussed something unprecedented: cross-recognition of AI audits (Reuters, 2025). The idea…
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AI Transparency Orders: From California to Global Policy
Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent executive order on AI transparency may reshape global governance faster than many expect. Signed in late September 2025, the order requires state agencies and vendors to…
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The Global AI Supply Chain: Provenance, Integrity, and Systemic Risk
AI systems are not built; they are assembled. Every model, dataset, and line of code depends on an intricate supply chain of vendors, cloud providers, open-source libraries, and pre-trained components.…