Law & Regulation
The Fine on Paper Is Not the Final Fine
A Berlin court cut a record 14.5 million euro GDPR fine to 900,000. What that says about how penalties are set, and about the first EU AI Act fines.
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Artificial Intelligence
Your AI Agents Now Pay Each Other
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines lets autonomous AI agents transact with each other directly. When no human approves each payment, your only control is a spending mandate you can verify.
Law & Regulation
Now You Must Prove Your Records Are Real
Deepfakes let anyone dismiss real video, audio, and documents as fake, and let fabrications pass as genuine. Here is how owners keep their records provable.
Law & Regulation
The EU Is Rewriting the GDPR
The EU Digital Omnibus proposes the first major GDPR reform since 2018. It is a proposal, not law. Here is what owners should track and why not to act yet.
Cybersecurity
NIS2 Makes German Management Personally Liable for Cybersecurity
Germany's NIS2 law makes management personally liable for cybersecurity, sets a hard registration deadline, and gives the BSI audit and fining powers. What owners must do now.
Law & Regulation
Germany Now Has a Named AI Regulator
Germany has named the Bundesnetzagentur as its central AI market surveillance authority under the new KI-MIG law. Here is who enforces and what owners prepare.
Law & Regulation
The Data Act Opens Your Products
The EU Data Act gives users a right to the data your connected products generate, with sharing on fair terms. Here are the dates and what owners should do now.
Law & Regulation
Your AI Content May Belong to No One
German courts now hold that AI output produced by prompts alone is not protected by copyright. For owners, that means a competitor can copy it freely.
Law & Regulation
From 2 August, AI Content and Chatbots Must Disclose the Machine
The EU delayed most of the AI Act in June 2026, but not Article 50. From 2 August 2026 your chatbots, AI content, and synthetic media must disclose the machine behind them.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Can Now Kill Your Deal
One in five dealmakers walked away from an acquisition over AI. How AI exposure now decides whether a deal closes and at what price, for owners and buyers.
Cybersecurity
Your Hardware Is Now Regulated Software
The EU Cyber Resilience Act turns any connected product into a regulated item, with a 24-hour reporting clock from 2026 and fines up to 2.5 percent of turnover.
Cybersecurity
Adversaries Are Copying Encrypted Data Now to Read It After Quantum
Adversaries are copying encrypted data today to read it once quantum computers arrive. The US and Germany have set deadlines. What boards must do now.
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The Operator Brief
One considered note on infrastructure, governance, and measurement, most mornings. No theory.