by Linh Dang (Policy Intern at CELI)
Legal Challenges in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped debates across law, policy, and society, creating both opportunities and profound legal challenges. Generative AI (GenAI) in particular, with its ability to create text, images, music, and other content, raises questions about…
The Great AI Governance Divide: America’s Action Plan vs. Europe’s Regulatory Framework
The global landscape of artificial intelligence governance is experiencing a crucial moment of divergence. With the release of America’s AI Action Plan[1] in July 2025, the Trump Administration has charted a dramatically different course from the European Union’s comprehensive AI Act[2],…
Quantum Europe: Translating Vision into Competitive Reality
The European Commission’s freshly minted “Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World” sets an ambitious course to transform Europe from a laboratory powerhouse into a fully-fledged quantum industrial ecosystem.[1] The document does not arrive in a vacuum; rather, it…
Securing Europe’s Digital Marketplace: The EU’s Comprehensive Response to E-commerce Challenges
The European Union faces an unprecedented challenge in regulating the rapidly expanding e-commerce landscape, where 4.6 billion low-value consignments entered the EU market in 2024 alone—equivalent to 12 million parcels daily and nearly double the volume from 2023.[1] This staggering growth…
Who Owns Your DNA? Exploring the WHO’s New Guidance for Genome Data
The collection, use, and sharing of human genome data has become a cornerstone of modern science, healthcare innovation, and commercial development. Yet as its use expands, encompassing precision medicine and ancestry testing to vaccine development and agricultural bioengineering, it raises complex…
Information Integrity in a Fractured Digital World
The digital information environment, once celebrated for democratizing access to knowledge, is today a contested space riddled with manipulation, mistrust, and algorithmic opacity. AI-generated deepfakes, foreign interference in elections, and algorithmic amplification of disinformation, pose unprecedented challenged to legal systems by…
Understanding AI Safety Institutes: The Frontier of AI Governance
As artificial intelligence continues to advance at a remarkable pace, governments worldwide have recognized the need for specialized institutions to address the safety challenges posed by increasingly capable AI systems. The emergence of AI Safety Institutes (AISIs) represents one of the…
Europe’s Digital Renaissance: Reclaiming Sovereignty Through the „European Way”
Europe stands at a critical juncture in its digital journey. After decades of technological leadership that once positioned European nations at the forefront of innovation—from steam engines to aviation—the European Union now finds itself increasingly dependent on foreign digital technologies and…
ChatGPT Under Fire: Italy’s €15 Million GDPR Fine Against OpenAI and Its Implications
The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has imposed a €15 million fine on OpenAI for multiple General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations related to its flagship AI chatbot, ChatGPT.[1] This significant regulatory action, finalized in December 2024, marks one of the…