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TMT weekly highlights—25 May 2023

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Published on: 25 May 2023

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New technologies
All eyes on AI—MLex Special Report
Comment—EU lawmakers’ AI Act approach is ambitious, likely to face struggle over biometrics
UK automated vehicles law is ‘priority’ but tricky to secure parliamentary time, minister says
Internet
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill—taking a closer look at the impact on subscription contracts
Committee opens call for written evidence on DMCC Bill
UK’s Online Safety law too vague, intrusive and could overstretch regulator, tech lobby warns
Telecommunications
Ofcom publishes seventh annual report on customer service across telecoms industry

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Article summary

Welcome to this week’s edition of the TMT weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from across the technology, media and telecoms sectors. These highlights focus on key topics including new technologies, software, cloud computing, internet, outsourcing, music, film & television, publishing, defamation and telecoms.

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