It predicts the next word. That is the whole machine.
A new weekly strand starts here. The Primer explains how these systems actually work, from zero, for lawyers who will have to advise on them — and lands each...
No country is restricted. Your data still cannot leave.
Two new readers joined this desk on 30 August. You are starting at Issue 05 — the back catalogue is at buttondown.com/the_desk/archive, and Issues 02 to 04...
81 days to register. Who exactly receives the application?
TL;DR India now has two data-and-AI regimes running at once, and they fail in opposite directions. One has a named regulator with nobody in the chair. The...
No EU office? Article 50 still applies from 2 August
TL;DR Article 50 of the EU AI Act became applicable on 2 August 2026, and the Commission's own guidance confirms it reaches providers established outside the...
DPDP Alert: the Consent-Manager deadline is real
TL;DR India's nearer DPDP deadline is not May 2027 — it is 13 November 2026, roughly 100 days out, and it forces two decisions now. Meanwhile the EU's AI...