EU: AI in Science Summit opens in Copenhagen. The Commission highlighted governance, auditing and responsible access to public compute in science programmes. European Commission
UK: Patient-safety regulator flags AI in innovation agenda. The Patient Safety Commissioner set out priorities that include AI and enhanced post-market surveillance, signalling stronger documentation and monitoring duties for health deployers. GOV.UK
Regulation
UK: Ofcom call for evidence on age assurance and app stores (Online Safety Act). Ofcom opened submissions for two statutory reports covering effectiveness, privacy safeguards and proportionality of age-assurance mechanisms and app-store use by children. Evidence due 1 December 2025. Ofcom.
UK: Online-safety super-complaints regime - consultation window closes. Ofcom’s draft guidance closes 3 November 2025, with final guidance to follow after secondary legislation commences on 1 January 2026. Ofcom.
Cases
Saudi Arabia - SAIP imposes SR 9,000 fine for AI-altered photo. Authorities fined a user for modifying and publishing another person’s photograph using AI without permission, treating it as infringement under the existing Copyright Law. Saudi Gazette report; IPKat analysis. saudigazette+1
Events
UK Parliament — Treasury Committee: AI in financial services (oral evidence). 4 November 2025, 14:15. Session examines governance, risk controls and consumer protection as firms adopt AI. UK Parliament - Treasury Committee events.
European Parliament — CULT agenda: AI Act implementation and enforcement item. 5 November 2025 draft agenda includes update on the state of AI Act implementation. European Parliament — CULT agenda.
Academia
Floridi — “AI for and against Democracy”. Revised essay (SSRN, 2 November 2025) frames AI’s institutional risks and governance options for democratic accountability; useful for mapping oversight principles across EU and UK regimes. SSRN. SSRN
Business
Platforms and app ecosystems. Ofcom’s evidence programme raises expectations on verifiable age-assurance controls, privacy-preserving design and supplier governance. Prepare artefacts that show risk assessment, testing results and escalation paths. (See Regulation - Ofcom.)
Public research access. The EU summit focus on AI-enabled science reinforces audit trails, data integrity and responsible compute access for grant-funded projects and vendors. Align bid documents with monitoring, logging and reproducibility commitments. (See News - AI in Science Summit.)
Adoption of AI
Child-safety by design. Expect closer scrutiny of age-assurance deployment, app-store controls and evidence of proportionality and privacy safeguards. Build DPIAs, vendor attestations and red-team records into product release gates. (Ofcom.)
Legacy law still bites. The Saudi case illustrates how unlicensed AI modifications of personal images can trigger conventional copyright penalties. Review image pipelines and licensing clauses for AI-assisted edits across marketing and product features. (IPKat; Saudi Gazette.)
Takeaway
Governance levers are converging on evidence: UK online-safety processes demand demonstrable child-safety controls, and EU public-science programmes emphasise auditable compute and datasets. Courts continue to apply existing IP rules to AI outputs.
Sources: European Commission, GOV.UK, Ofcom, UK Parliament, European Parliament, IPKat, Saudi Gazette