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10 important things to know about the Code of Practice on AI marking and labelling

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Phil Lee – Managing Director, Digiphile and IAPP UK Country Leader and Emeritus Fellow. January 6, 2026. On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published a draft “Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content” (the “Code“). If you’re wondering what this is, why it matters, or how it relates to the AI Act, then […]

Why the AI Act Isn’t a Monster Under the Bed You Need to Fear

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Phil Lee – Managing Director, Digiphile and IAPP UK Country Leader and Emeritus Fellow. May 13, 2025. Any self-respecting Englishman or woman will tell you that, to make a really good cup of tea, the tea must steep in its teapot for a couple of minutes before pouring. Sometimes the same is true of regulatory […]

AI Act: Requirements for General-Purpose AI Models

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August 28, 2024. This article was first published in the IAPP’s AI Act series here.  It is republished here with minor editorial edits to improve readability. If you were to read the European Commission’s original AI Act proposal, published in April 2021, you would find it conspicuously devoid of references to general-purpose AI (“GPAI”). With the […]