UK creatives escalate campaign against AI copyright reforms. Computing reports that Paul McCartney will release a silent protest track as part of the “Is This What We Want” compilation, opposing proposed UK copyright changes that would expand text-and-data-mining exemptions for AI training, potentially allowing developers to train models on copyrighted works unless creators opt out. The campaign highlights concern that current proposals risk privileging large AI firms over musicians and other rights-holders, with a dedicated AI–copyright framework not expected before 2026. Computing
UK business resilience increasingly framed through AI adoption. A new survey of over 1,000 UK decision-makers, reported by Consultancy.uk, finds that 49% of “resilience related” investment now goes to technology and AI, with agentic AI treated as a strategic priority by a quarter of firms and rapidly deployed across multiple functions. The research underlines that regulatory and compliance pressures are a key driver, but also notes that 75% of organisations still lack a unified AI strategy, raising governance and accountability questions. Consultancy.uk
Regulation
EU “Digital Omnibus” leak flags targeted tweaks to AI Act and digital acquis. Addleshaw Goddard analyses a leaked draft of the European Commission’s proposed “Digital Omnibus” package, expected to be formally tabled later this week, which would introduce surgical amendments to the GDPR, AI Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, NIS2 and the Digital Services Act. The note highlights proposals aimed at improving coherence across overlapping regimes, clarifying certain AI Act obligations and adjusting enforcement and cooperation mechanisms in light of concurrent digital reforms, signalling that the AI Act’s implementation phase will be accompanied by further horizontal legislative fine-tuning. Addleshaw Goddard
International tax administration guidance foregrounds AI governance. The OECD’s Tax Administration 2025 report, now being showcased at the OECD Forum on Tax Administration Plenary in Cape Town (18–20 November), emphasises how AI is reshaping tax administration operating models, with 69% of tax administrations already using AI and a further 24% implementing it. The report stresses the need for effective governance of AI tools, including transparency, risk management and safeguards around automated case selection, framing AI as both an efficiency opportunity and a compliance-risk vector in public-sector data use. OECD
Cases
Global AI defamation litigation continues to test responsibility for hallucinations. Reporting today from the Economic Times notes that Google has asked a Delaware state court to dismiss conservative influencer Robby Starbuck’s AI defamation lawsuit, arguing that he intentionally prompted its AI tools to hallucinate defamatory content and has not shown that anyone was actually misled. The filing illustrates how providers are seeking to frame liability around user misuse and evidential thresholds for reputational harm in AI-generated speech. The Economic Times
Authors Guild v OpenAI (S.D.N.Y.). A new entry filed today: OpenAI submitted an Answer to the Complaint (Document 745), moving the case forward procedurally and confirming the defendants’ formal pleading position in the consolidated MDL. Courtlistener
Tanzer v Salesforce (N.D. California). The court issued an Order Relating Case, formally linking this matter to related AI-related litigation streams within the district, signalling consolidation of procedural oversight. Courtlistener
Mobley v Workday (N.D. California). The court vacated a scheduled case-management conference due to missing submissions and ordered both parties to meet, confer and submit revised documentation by 25 November. Courtlistener
Academia
Systematic review pushes from Explainable to “Explanatory” AI. A new preprint posted today on Preprints.org, “Making AI Decisions Interpretable to Humans: Transparency and Explainability Focus” by Zhenishova, presents a systematic review of 73 empirical studies on human-centred evaluation of explainable AI systems. The paper finds that most work still relies on subjective measures of “understanding” and “trust”, with little standardisation of metrics or grounding in cognitive theory, and argues for a shift towards “Explanatory AI” focused on narrative, context-rich explanations that genuinely support human decision-making in high-stakes domains. Preprints
Governance professionals to receive structured AI oversight guidance. The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland’s November technical briefing, released today, outlines a multi-phase project to review existing UK and international AI governance guidance and develop a prompting framework and case studies to help boards structure conversations around AI risks, oversight and accountability. This signals growing institutionalisation of AI governance within mainstream corporate governance practice. CGI
Adoption of AI
AI as backbone of corporate resilience, but strategies remain fragmented. The Elixirr-commissioned survey reported by Consultancy.uk shows that nearly nine in ten UK leaders feel compelled to rethink operational resilience due to regulatory and market pressures, with AI investment now triple that directed to supply-chain or talent measures. However, the study also finds that 75% of firms lack a unified AI strategy and that responsibility for AI is scattered across IT, data teams and “centres of excellence”, highlighting governance gaps and the risk of inconsistent compliance across business units. (Consultancy.uk)
Healthcare sector guidance stresses transparency in AI-supported care. A new keynote notice from Keystone Law, promoting a session on AI in healthcare practice, underlines that providers using AI tools must clearly explain in accessible language when AI is used in patient care and how personal data are processed, drawing explicitly on ICO guidance on AI and data protection. While this is an events-driven development rather than new law, it illustrates how sectoral legal practice is operationalising AI-specific transparency and consent expectations. Keystone Law
Events
Local government communications: AI practice focus. The Local Government Association is hosting an event today in London, “Artificial Intelligence in Local Government Communications (2)”, aimed at helping councils embed AI tools in communications in a way that is compliant, ethical and aligned with transparency duties. Local Government
Data Use and Access Act 2025 webinar with AI relevance. Digital Care Hub is running an online briefing this afternoon on the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 for adult social care providers, highlighting stronger ICO powers, higher penalties and enhanced audit rights. While not AI-specific, these changes directly affect data-sharing environments in which AI-driven analytics and decision-support systems are deployed. Digital Care Hub
Council of Europe child-protection day flags AI-related online abuse risks. The Council of Europe’s 18 November Day for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse this year focuses on evidence-based policy, with activities including a Moroccan conference on online child sexual exploitation explicitly referencing new challenges linked to artificial intelligence and deepfake technologies. This ties into ongoing development of AI-relevant standards under the Lanzarote Convention and the broader CoE AI framework. coe.int
Takeaway
Today’s updates show how AI governance is moving simultaneously through cultural debate (UK copyright protests), legislative refinement (EU Digital Omnibus), sectoral guidance (OECD tax, healthcare transparency) and steady legal activity in high-profile US litigation. The absence of new developments in major European cases underlines that regulatory detail is now shifting into procedural fine-tuning and institutional practice rather than headline-level judgments.
Sources: Computing, Consultancy.uk, Addleshaw Goddard, OECD, CourtListener, Preprints.org, Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland, Keystone Law, Local Government Association, Digital Care Hub, Council of Europe