EU AI Act
2026-09-19Court-mandated GenAI disclosure requirements in legal proceedings and California's synthetic performer law establish binding governance frameworks that EU AI Act practitioners must integrate into compliance protocols. Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities from AI-enabled attacks are driving accelerated safety and risk assessment requirements across regulatory jurisdictions.
- →Court-Enforced GenAI Disclosure Mandates in Legal Proceedings: Practitioners must establish disclosure protocols for AI use in litigation to comply with emerging judicial requirements that may set precedent for broader transparency obligations under the EU AI Act.
- →California Synthetic Performer Disclosure Law: State-level synthetic media regulations create compliance obligations for content authentication and performer disclosure that may influence EU AI Act implementation and cross-border governance standards.
- →AI-Enabled Critical Infrastructure Attack Threats: Emerging attack vectors motivate heightened risk assessment and safety requirements for high-risk AI systems under EU AI Act frameworks, particularly for systems deployed in critical infrastructure contexts.
Audit current GenAI use documentation and content authentication processes immediately to align with emerging court mandates and state-level synthetic media laws that may establish precedent for EU AI Act enforcement.
In Josephs v. Security National Ins. Co., 2026 WL 2622048 (C.D. Cal. Sep. 4, 2026), and Chukwurah v. Midland Mortgage, 2026 WL 2622051 (C.D. Cal. Sep.4, 2026), the court enforced its recently revised Standing Order which provides......<BR />By: <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/profile/edrm_electronic_discovery_reference_model/">EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model</a>
U.S. cybersecurity and national security officials now view autonomous AI-enabled attacks on critical infrastructure as an immediate threat, following reports that attackers used open- source AI agents in early July to compromise government and energy company systems. The FBI identified key risks across water, wastewater, electrical grid, financial and high-frequency trading networks. Experts warn that weaponized AI could bypass safety controls and cause real-world physical disruption. These...<
Two states have now passed laws intended to make it easier for consumers to distinguish real humans from AI-created ones. Following New York’s first-in-nation passage of a law requiring advertisers to disclose the use of synthetic human performers in commercial advertising, California enacted a similar bill, SB-1050, on September 16, 2026, and it becomes effective on January 1, 2027....<BR />By: <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/profile/Kilpatrick_Townsend_Stockton/">Kilpatrick</a>
On June 9, 2026, a New York law that requires companies to “conspicuously disclose” when their ads include any “synthetic performer” took effect. Yesterday, California passed a similar law....<BR />By: <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/profile/Kelley_Drye_Warren/">Kelley Drye & Warren LLP</a>