ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tunmise Akinyemi

Tunmise Akinyemi is an LL.M. candidate at the Europa-Institut, University of Saarland, specializing in European and International Human Rights Law and European Economic Law. She also studied Children’s Studies at the University of Galway, Ireland.

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20 February 2026

Jacob Schaal, Maximilian Lenner, Tunmise Akinyemi

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In October 2025, following OpenAI’s disclosure that ChatGPT’s search feature had reached an average of 120.4 million monthly users in the EU, a Commission spokesperson confirmed that regulators are currently assessing whether ChatGPT can be designated as a Very Large Online Search Engine. The legal question is whether a service that synthesises answers rather than returning indexed links falls under Digital Services Act as an “online search engine”. The Commission should answer yes. A functional interpretation is legally mandated, economically justified, and urgently necessary. Continue reading >>

Tunmise Akinyemi

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