Antitrust class action targets Microsoft–OpenAI tie-up. A U.S. consumer suit alleges exclusive compute access inflated prices and harmed competition in AI subscriptions. Reuters
IMF flags non-systemic bubble risk. AI investment could correct like prior tech booms but is unlikely to trigger a financial crisis, the Fund’s leadership said. Reuters+1
Singapore advances online-harms controls. A new bill empowers a commission to order platforms and ISPs to curb harmful content, extending an existing online-harms regime. Reuters
Regulation
EU “Apply AI” strategy. Commission initiative to accelerate compliant SME adoption as AI Act implementation milestones approach. IMF
UK designs reform (AI-generated designs). UKIPO’s consultation on modernising designs law—explicitly raising the status of AI-generated designs—remains open until 27 Nov 2025. GOV.UK
Cases
Thaler v Perlmutter (US): Petition filed asking the Supreme Court to review the human-authorship rule for AI-generated works; if granted, it could reset copyright baselines for generative outputs. Reuters
Academia
Rizzo — The U.S. and E.U. Framework of AI Standardization (SSRN, 2025). Comparative roadmap for standards that will underpin conformity assessment and audits. SSRN
Yeung — Can risks to fundamental rights … be “judged acceptable”? (SSRN, 2025). Interrogates the AI Act’s Art. 9 risk-acceptability threshold for fundamental-rights protection. SSRN
Rijsbosch/van Dijck/Kollnig — Adoption of Watermarking … under the EU AI Act (arXiv, 2025). Empirical review of 50 image systems finds limited watermarking uptake vis-à-vis EU transparency expectations. arXiv
Quaranta — A Handbook for Compliance Tools based on AI Acts (SSRN, 2025). Lifecycle tooling for high-risk AI compliance (planning→post-market). SSRN
Business
AI-governance tooling expands. Compliance-software and auditing startups report increased demand as regulatory frameworks tighten across the EU and UK.
Adoption of AI
- Documentation culture matures. Dataset and model documentation is emerging as a default audit artefact across both public and private procurement.
- Transparency technologies uneven. Watermarking adoption still lags behind the EU’s transparency and traceability expectations.
Takeaway
Compliance is moving into the product layer: disclosures, safeguards, and documentation are becoming mandatory features rather than policy suggestions. Organisations should prioritise evidence-ready documentation, UI-embedded transparency, and competition-law risk reviews alongside AI Act planning.
Sources: Reuters, IMF, CalMatters, EU Digital Strategy, UK Intellectual Property Office, NIST, SSRN, arXiv