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 […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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 […]
New Executive Order Promotes AI Innovation While Strengthening Cybersecurity Defenses
On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (the “Order”). The Order reflects the Administration’s stated policy of advancing U.S. AI leadership through collaboration with the private sector, while taking steps to harden government and critical infrastructure systems against emerging cyber threats. Importantly, the Order […]
Produce the Prompts: A Court Says Expert AI Inputs Are Fair Game in Discovery
A federal court just delivered one of the clearest messages yet on AI in litigation: if an expert used AI to do the work, the prompts may be discoverable. In Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company et al., Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish ordered the Plaintiff to produce the prompts its expert used […]