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IA Before AI: Facilitating Generative AI Adoption within Legal Teams

Analysis • October 2, 2024

Amanda Chaboryk and Nicholas Cook highlight the importance of reviewing your information architecture before using your data for generative AI The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI (GenAI) in particular, has resulted in a dawning era of transformative potential in the legal domain. It has been met with a range of reactions from…

AI literacy on the agenda: EU, UK and US

Analysis • September 12, 2024

Tom Whittaker and Ryan Jenkins look at the increasing importance of AI literacy in the EU and more globally AI literacy in simple terms is about developing skills and understanding regarding how to develop and use AI, its opportunities and risks. Contracts, governance and internal policies may require or encourage some form of AI literacy….

Neural network configurations make Emotional return to identification as programs for a computer

Analysis • July 30, 2024

In the latest UK decision on the patentability of AI inventions, the Court of Appeal has overturned the eye-catching High Court decision relating to Emotional Perception AI Limited’s patent application for an AI system which provided improved file recommendations. The Court of Appeal held that an artificial neural network (ANN) for such a system, whether implemented by hardware or software, was…

The Cyber Threat to the UK’s Universities

Analysis • July 19, 2024

Sachin Bhatt, our regular cybersecurity contributor, highlights the threats to our universities from malicious activity…

Digital transformation: the risks of providing non-digitally accessible products in the EU and UK

Analysis • June 21, 2024

A team from Hogan Lovells consider the regulatory regimes governing digital accessibility in the UK and EU. Summary: In the era of digital transformation, the need to ensure products and services are accessible to all, including those who experience some form of disability, is greater than ever. While there is not (yet) a global uniform…

FemTech and the use of AI

Analysis • June 19, 2024

A team from DLA Piper survey the opportunities and legal risks associated with the burgeoning ‘FemTech’ sector Due to an exponential growth in the investment in female health and wellbeing, Forbes and Dealroom reported that 2023 saw $1.14bn raised collectively across 120 deals in ‘FemTech’. The phrase refers to technology products and services that help…

The UK’s Automated Vehicles Act – unlocking opportunities for UK investment and innovation in the automotive sector

Analysis • June 18, 2024

A team from Bird & Bird precis the key points of the Automated Vehicles Act, which received Royal Assent just before Parliament was dissolved. The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 20 May 2024. Its swift motion through parliament in an election year has been a relief to many, having been first introduced…

The Post Office Horizon IT Scandal: How should organisations react when IT systems go wrong?

Analysis • June 11, 2024

Andrew Woolsey and Sophie Ashcroft take a fresh look at the legal issues surrounding defective software through the lens of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal…

Emerging technologies and the climate: charting a pathway to pre-emptive oversight

Analysis • May 17, 2024

Once upon a time technologies like artificial intelligence and the metaverse were confined to the annals of science fiction. No longer, both innovations exist in the here and now, with vast potential to transform our world. These emergent technologies, however, are not without attributes of concern, one of which is energy consumption and the consequent…

Assessing Design Quality in IT Contracts

Analysis • May 8, 2024

IT contracts and disputes have long concentrated on functional specifications, tests and defects to assure that projects deliver what is intended. This is only part of what is required. William Hooper examines the role of design in contract and dispute….