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The European Commission has published the final version of its Guidelines on the transparency obligations under the EU AI Act, which largely apply from 2 August 2026. This contains a number of important clarifications and updates compared to the draft version issued in May.

Anthropic supports open AI models where risks are limited, but proposes tighter chip export controls, action against large-scale model copying and mandatory safety testing for sufficiently powerful models.

The EU Digital Services Act imposes tiered obligations on online platforms and intermediaries operating in the EU to tackle illegal content, including IP-infringing material, and provides a range of valuable enforcement tools for rights holders.

On 21 July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that a combination of its frontier AI models, including GPT- 5.6 Sol and a "more capable pre-release model,” conducted an unauthorised intrusion into Hugging Face, the AI company best known for its open-source platform and tooling, during an internal cyber-capability evaluation.

Mishcon de Reya advised Fluidstack on its $830M Series A, valuing the company at $7.5B. The round was led by Situational Awareness, with participation from a group of leading global investors.

Victoria Pigott, Partner and Chair of Mishcon Private, was interviewed by Law360 as part of their Practice Leader Insights series.

On 2 August 2026, four categories of obligations relating to transparency for certain AI systems become applicable under Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Each of the obligations apply to different types of AI systems or their outputs, and impose obligations on providers of relevant AI systems, as well as deployers.

Explore legal obligations and cybersecurity risks of agentic AI under UK and EU laws, including the EU AI Act, CRA, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA.

Family offices are increasingly adopting AI to drive efficiency and enhance investment processes; however, this brings significant legal, regulatory and operational risks, including data protection breaches, loss of privilege and unreliable outputs. We take a look at how Family Offices must therefore implement robust governance, training and safeguards to mitigate these risks and protect both the office and the family from financial, legal and reputational harm.

On 9 June 2026, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a model it described as "the most powerful it has ever made generally available."

On 7 May 2026, the Council of the EU announced that a provisional political agreement had been reached with the European Parliament on the “AI Omnibus” (part of the EU’s Digital Omnibus simplification agenda) to streamline parts of the EU AI Act ahead of key compliance deadlines.