Getty Images v Stability AI: Another Legal Win for AI Against Copyright Holders
On 4 November 2025, the High Court in London delivered judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc & Ors v Stability AI Ltd. Summary The dispute centred on Getty Images’ claims that Stability AI’s generative model, Stable Diffusion, had unlawfully used its copyrighted material and trade marks. The judgment delivered mixed outcomes: Getty secured limited trade […]
Reddit vs. Perplexity: A Closer Look
On Oct. 22, 2025 Reddit filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York accusing the defendants Perplexity AI and three scraping intermediaries – Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy and SerpApi (“intermediaries”) of participating in an “industrial-scale” operation to harvest Reddit comments and use them for commercial purposes. The complaint seeks damages and an injunction to […]
How Does India Regulate AI? 10 Things You Need to Know
1. What are the India AI Governance Guidelines? On November 5, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the India AI Governance Guidelines under the India AI Mission. Unlike prescriptive regulatory models adopted elsewhere, India has chosen to leverage existing legal frameworks rather than creating new standalone AI legislation. The Guidelines address […]
Come Quietly or There Will Be Trouble: Robotaxis and The Law
When Elon Musk announced earlier this year that Tesla would have fully autonomous robotaxis ready for public service, regulators and investors alike took notice. However, following Tesla’s first public test of its robotaxis in late June in Austin, Texas, videos showed the vehicles speeding, braking suddenly, driving over a curb, entering the wrong lane, and […]
India Finally Stands (Tentatively) Up to AI Deepfakes
On 22 October 2025, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) published and invited comments on draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules”). The IT Rules are India’s online content regulatory framework, outlining due diligence, grievance, and content obligations for digital intermediaries, including social […]
OpenEvidence V Doximity: A Closer Look
Two of the biggest AI-driven healthcare players are locked in an escalating legal battle. OpenEvidence, a clinical decision support platform widely used as a medical search engine among clinicians, sued Doximity, medical networking platform that provides communication channels for clinicians and patients in June 2025, alleging that the $13 billion company impersonated doctors to misappropriate […]
The Anthropic Settlement That Wasn’t
On August 27, 2025, Anthropic PBC reached a settlement with book authors in a class action copyright lawsuit, ending what had become one of the most closely watched AI copyright cases in federal court. However, on September 8, 2025, Judge Alsup postponed preliminary approval of the settlement, expressing concern that the agreement was incomplete and […]
The FREE-AI Committee Report
On August 13, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Framework for Responsible and Ethical Enablement of Artificial Intelligence (FREE-AI), committee report. To balance innovation with accountability, the FREE-AI framework sets out seven core principles: trust; innovation over restraint; accountability; safety, resilience, and sustainability; people first; fairness and equity; and understanding by design. […]
How Do We Regulate Chatbots? A Closer Look
Conversational AI (technology that enables machines to engage in human-like dialogue) has ushered in a new generation of chatbots that increasingly resemble human companions. No longer limited to answering queries or scheduling tasks, today’s chatbots can offer therapy-like support, simulated friendships, and even intimate relationships. Recent reports of so-called “AI psychosis” where chatbots spiral into […]
America’s AI Action Plan: A Heady Cocktail of Techno-optimism, Culture Wars and Geopolitics
On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled its Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (the “Plan”), following President Donald Trump’s executive order in January titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” Where previous policy focused on establishing guardrails through executive orders and agency guidance, the new Plan prioritizes deregulation and rapid deployment to accelerate […]
