Google AI Overviews liability is an issue that might impact the whole industry, after the Munich Regional Court I held Google directly responsible for the false information its AI Overviews invent, in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind on AI-generated search answers.
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A new digital withdrawal obligation reaches online consumer contracts from 19 June 2026 in Italy. From that date, any business that signs distance contracts with consumers through a website or app must give them a built-in way to cancel online, on the same platform where they bought. In Italy, the new Article 54-bis of the Consumer Code spells out exactly what that has to look like.
AI sentiment analysis in the workplace raises critical questions under both the GDPR and the AI Act, as confirmed by a recent warning issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority against Myndoor S.r.l., a company offering a stress-detection plug-in for Slack and Teams corporate chats.
The European Parliament committees IMCO and LIBE have now formally supported the postponement of certain obligations under the EU AI Act, according to the latest official press release.
AI liability under the Defective Products Directive will fundamentally change the legal framework for software and artificial intelligence in the European Union from 9 December 2026. Directive (EU) 2024/2853 introduces a clear and disruptive principle: software and AI systems are products for the purposes of strict liability.
