IBM recently released its Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, which highlights the changing cyber threat landscape in which artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating how threat actors identify vulnerabilities, launch attacks, and exploit compromised systems. These trends are reflected in rising average breach costs, with the global average cost rising 12% to a record […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
European Commission Publishes New Guidelines and Code of Practice on GenAI Transparency
On July 20, 2026, the European Commission (EC) published new Guidelines on Transparency of AI-Generated Content to complement the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content it released on June 10, 2026. The materials arrive just weeks before the AI Act’s transparency obligations take effect on August 2, 2026, and give businesses clearer direction […]
EU Regulators Outline GDPR Requirements for AI Web Scraping
On July 8, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), the body that coordinates the EU’s national data protection authorities, published its first draft of Guidelines 03/2026 on web scraping in the context of generative AI (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines address practical compliance challenges for companies that develop AI models or systems and scrape personal […]
The White House’s Gold Eagle Initiative Signals a New Phase in AI Enabled Cyber Defense
The White House has launched “Gold Eagle,” a new cybersecurity vulnerability coordination clearinghouse designed to use advanced AI capabilities to accelerate how the government and industry identify, prioritize, verify, and remediate software vulnerabilities. The initiative was established under the June 2, 2026 Executive Order, “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,” and is being framed […]
GSA Seeks Input on Revised AI Data Safeguarding Clause for Government Contracts
On July 14, 2026, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) held a public listening session to gather stakeholder feedback on a revised draft General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (“GSAR”) clause addressing the basic safeguarding of Government data within Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence Systems (“LLMs”). The session—part of GSA’s second round of engagement on the draft […]