Archive: May 2026

On April 7, 2026, Anthropic disclosed that it had developed a model deemed too capable for unrestricted public release, Claude Mythos Preview, a development with substantial implications for the legal, compliance and cybersecurity sectors.

The EU Commission recently published draft guidelines for the high-risk AI provisions under the EU AI Act. These provide examples of use cases that fall under the AI system’s stringent rules for high-risk AI systems, and those that do not.

A Pennsylvania state board has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the company behind Character.AI, alleging that an artificial intelligence chatbot's claims of psychiatric credentials and a Pennsylvania medical license constitute the unlicensed practice of medicine.

Colorado just rewrote its own AI regulation, affecting every company developing or deploying AI in a way that may touch a Colorado resident.

Colorado's landmark AI act is officially on ice, and the legal fight behind that development is shaping the national conversation on AI regulation.

Our outsourcing and AI lawyers consider whether various provisions in outsourcing contract are fit for purpose for an outsourcing that involves the use of AI.

Dubai Law No. 5/2026 on the Regulation of the Outsourcing of Government Services creates an outsourcing framework for public services that will be familiar to those operating in the financial services sector. Here we explore how the new law compares to financial services sector outsourcing regimes, which elements are novel or enhance existing public procurement requirements, and what service providers to Dubai government entities should prepare themselves for.