The European Union is undergoing a pivotal recalibration of its approach to artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. Just over a year after adopting the AI Act in an effort to set the global benchmark for ethical, human-centric AI, the European Commission’s Digital…
GEMA v OpenAI: Understanding the Copyright Controversy in AI Training
On 11 November 2025, the Civil Chamber of the Munich Regional Court issued its landmark ruling in GEMA v OpenAI (Case No. 42 O 14139/24). The ruling represents the European Union’s first judicial determination on whether the use of copyrighted material…
AI Strategy Considerations in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities
by Douaa Dridi (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],…
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…
Human Rights And AI: An Overview of the HUDEIRA Methodology
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly embedded in decision-making across both public and private sectors, the urgency for robust governance frameworks that safeguard the core values of democratic societies has never been greater. In response, the Committee on Artificial Intelligence…