Learning Call [Video]: GenAI and the DSA’s Systemic Risk Framework

This Learning Call, part of an ongoing series on current issues surrounding the Digital Services Act (DSA), examines generative AI as a test case for the DSA’s systemic risk framework. Speakers discuss the nature of GenAI‑related risks and the governance mechanisms provided by the DSA and related legal frameworks to address them. Such risks may arise from the dissemination of synthetic and manipulated media, like deepfakes, on very large online platforms and search engines (VLOPSEs), as well as from new GenAI tools deployed by those very platforms in their content moderation systems or via embedded features like AI Overviews. Broadly, the session probes the potential and limits of the DSA’s platform‑centric, risk‑based approach to tackling the complex challenges posed by GenAI, and consider its interaction with other legal instruments (AI regulation, competition law, copyright). The session will also reflect on recent enforcement and policy developments, such as the potential VLOSE designation for services like ChatGPT, the Commission’s investigation into X’s deployment of Grok, the proposed Digital Omnibus on AI, and the review of the EU rules on copyright and AI.