REGULATING POST-MORTEM AI CLONES: A CLOSER LOOK
Generative AI has turned a person’s biography, voice recordings and old photographs into raw material for something new: a digital clone that can keep talking long after the person behind it has died. Museums now let visitors converse with recreations of war veterans, and a “grief tech” industry has grown around letting people speak with […]
DATA PROTECTION LAW IN THE UAE : SIX THINGS CHANGING IN 2026
Companies setting up in the UAE usually ask one question: what does UAE data protection law require? The question assumes a single answer, but there isn’t one. In the UAE, a federal privacy law operates alongside separate laws in the financial free zones, health legislation cutting across all of them, and regulator standards carrying practical […]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION IN EUROPE: SIX THINGS CHANGING IN 2026
On 27 July 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the Digital Omnibus on AI, entered into force. It amends Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act“), delaying the date on which the AI Act’s strictest rules apply to artificial intelligence inside regulated products, medical devices among them, from 2 August 2027 to 2 August […]
THE LEGALITY OF TRAINING AI MODELS ON COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN INDIA: A CLOSER LOOK AT ANI V. OPENAI
On 24 July 2026, the Delhi High Court delivered the first substantive Indian ruling on whether an AI company can copy copyrighted material to train a large language model without a licence. Justice Amit Bansal refused ANI Media’s application for an interim injunction against OpenAI, holding that storing ANI’s news reports to train ChatGPT prima […]
India’s Proposed Digital Competition Law: A Comparative Look
In India, the Committee on Digital Competition Law was established by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in February 2023 to evaluate the need for an ex-ante (preventive) regulatory framework for digital markets in India. The committee submitted its report to the MCA in February 2024, and this report was published for consultation on 12 […]
How are Fitness Wearables Regulated in the US?
Fitness wearables have come a long way from the Manpo-Kei or “ten thousand steps” pedometer, which debuted in Tokyo in 1965 as the first-ever wearable health device and the forefather of the personal fitness tracking or ‘biohacking’ industry. Today, the global wearable technology market size is valued at USD 92.9 billion in 2025 and is […]
Who Owns Neural Data?
As Neuralink-style brain implants, consumer neurotechnology, and AI-driven neural devices move closer to mainstream adoption, lawmakers are beginning to wonder: who controls the data generated by our brains, and how far should companies be permitted to go in collecting, analysing, and commercialising it? Regulators in the US are grappling with the reality that neural data […]
The FDA’s Crackdown on Wearables
Two recent actions involving the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in July 2025 – one, a FDA warning letter to WHOOP and the other, a Class I recall by Dexcom – are instructive in understanding the FDA’s evolving approach to Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and connected health products. FDA’s oversight is […]
How Does the FDA Regulate Clinical Decision Software in the US?
The regulatory landscape for clinical decision support (“CDS”) software is shifting. On January 29, 2026, the FDA issued the guidance on CDS software (“Revised Guidelines”) that changed how certain risk factors in healthcare software are regulated. Understanding these new rules is critical for anyone developing tools that support clinical decision-making. Is Clinical Decision Support Software […]
Is Your Watch a Medical Device: How the US and EU Regulate Fitness Wearables
An Apple Watch, an Oura Ring, or a Whoop band sits at the centre of a long-running regulatory question: when does a lifestyle gadget that becomes a regulated medical device? In 2025 and 2026, both the United States and the European Union sharpened their answers, and the two systems are moving in noticeably different directions […]
