AI Development Within Legal Boundaries: The Role of Regulatory Sandboxes in the EU
AI systems are having an increasingly significant impact on everyday life; at the same time, they are introducing new risks. In response, the EU has made the introduction of regulatory sandboxes mandatory, offering a safe environment for development. The objective
“What’s in a Name?” US Senators Attempt to Criminalize Naming Immigration Officials
One of the most significant challenges for any liberal democracy is ensuring adequate and appropriate transparency and citizen oversight of the nation’s security services. How can we ensure that these services have the tools they need to be effective while
GPT-5: Technological milestone or lost personality?
The arrival of GPT-5 has brought not only technical advancements but also heated debates within the user community. While the new model offers enhanced multimodal capabilities, safer operation, and greater customization, many users miss the more personal and engaging tone
What’s the Real Enemy of American Innovation?
In the 1780s, America’s founding generation devised a constitutional system that quickly became incapable of governing an extended republic. The story is familiar to students of American history: the Articles of Confederation rendered the national government unable to establish a
From Data to Dispute: What Can (and Can’t) Be Done in the World of Web Scraping
The development of Artificial Intelligence systems relies heavily on vast amounts of publicly available data, raising increasingly complex legal and ethical questions. The automated collection of digital content has become a routine practice in science, industry, and the media, yet
Loyalty Before Legality: German Constitutional Court on the Ramstein Air Base and extraterritorial duties to protect
Last week, the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) issued a long-awaited ruling on Germany's extraterritorial obligations to protect fundamental rights (2 BvR 508/21). The case concerned the US air base in Ramstein and the US Air Force's drone missions in
Sanctions Without Courts: Can Financial Intelligence Deliver Justice?
As sanctions become a central tool of EU foreign policy, their enforcement has shifted away from courts and into the hands of national Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). These bodies, originally designed to fight financial crime, now freeze assets across borders
