Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) recently reported that cybercriminals—in particular, state-sponsored threat actors from North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia—are misusing Gemini, Google’s large language model (LLM), to support all stages of their attack lifecycle. Specifically, GTIG observed threat actors using Gemini to code and script tasks, accelerate reconnaissance, research publicly known vulnerabilities, and enable […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Spanish DPA Releases Agentic AI Guidance
On 18 February 2026, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos or ‘AEPD’) published an 81‑page guidance document on the privacy aspects of AI systems operating as agents – commonly referred to as ‘agentic AI’. The guidance is aimed at companies that process personal data under the EU General Data Protection […]
Federal Court Rules using AI Tools can Waive Privilege, Even if Privileged Information is Input into Them
On February 10, 2026, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a criminal defendant could not claim attorney-client privilege over documents he produced using a commercially available artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool – even though he had input privileged information from his lawyers into the tool. This case is […]
FTC Reverses Rytr Consent Order Amid Push for Federal AI Standards
On December 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set aside its 2024 consent order against Rytr, a generative AI-powered company, concluding that the original complaint “failed to satisfy the legal requirements of the FTC Act” and that the order unduly burdened AI innovation in violation of the Trump Administration’s January 2025 AI Executive Order […]
California Attorney General Announces Investigative Sweep into “Surveillance Pricing”
On January 28, 2026, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting “surveillance pricing” practices among businesses in the retail, grocery, and hotel sectors. The investigation focuses on companies that use consumers’ personal information to set individualized prices. According to the AG’s press release, surveillance pricing practices could violate the California Consumer […]