‘Dame Wendy Hall also suggested social media sites could limit posts about politics on polling day to prevent misinformation.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/rishi-sunak-bbc-university-of-southampton-david-lynch-usa-b2538361.html

‘This paper considers the question of how police-related AI projects and data projects in general are normatively assessed in the UK. After locating data ethics in relation to policing ethics, I shall consider the workings of perhaps the leading regional data ethics committee in the UK. I go on to consider the approach of another…

‘New methods for maximising the potential benefits of predictive and generative AI are to be developed in research involving the University of Strathclyde.’ Link: https://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/news/2024/newmethodstomaximiseaispotentialbenefits/?utm_source=pocket_reader

‘This paper reviews the existing and emerging applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of asylum. The UK has a significant backlog in processing asylum claims. In June 2023, 215,500 asylum cases were ‘in progress’ with the UK Home Office with over half of these representing people awaiting an initial decision.1 Therefore, the identification of…

‘A California federal judge said he was inclined to green-light a copyright lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney and other companies accused of misusing visual artists’ work to train their artificial intelligence-based image generation systems.’ Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/stability-ai-midjourney-should-face-artists-copyright-case-judge-says-2024-05-08/

‘Earlier this year, leading parcel courier company, DPD, had a rather unfortunate experience with its use of its AI chatbot, following a system update to the chatbot.’ Link: https://www.mills-reeve.com/insights/publications/don-t-let-your-ai-chatbot-get-too-chatty

‘OpenAI’s ChatGPT is facing serious competition, as the company’s rival Anthropic brings its Claude chatbot to iPhones. Anthropic, led by a group of former OpenAI staff who quit over differences with chief executive Sam Altman, have a product that already beats ChatGPT on some measures of intelligence, and now wants to win over everyday users.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/may/01/chatgpt-chatbot-rival-claude-to-be-introduced-on-iphone

‘Predict.law, a stealthy new Seattle-area legal-tech startup, is using artificial intelligence to help attorneys and their law firms better predict the outcome of legal cases.’ Link: https://www.geekwire.com/2024/legal-tech-startup-uses-ai-to-search-relevant-case-history-to-better-predict-case-outcomes/

‘A UK law maker has urged the government to update copyright law to clarify the rights of copyright holders and AI developers in the age of generative AI (gen-AI).’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/call-for-uk-copyright-law-update-for-ai

‘Cybercheck’s founder has said the software tops 90% accuracy. Defense lawyers have said he lied under oath about his expertise and made false claims about when and where the technology has been used.’ Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ai-tool-used-thousands-criminal-cases-facing-legal-challenges-rcna149607

‘The experts at The University of Law explain how law students could use AI tools to their advantage.’ Link: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/university/courses/law/will-artificial-intelligence-put-legal-graduates-out-of-work

‘A Northumbria University-led research team has received major funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) to investigate the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement.’ Link: https://newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/major-funding-for-flagship-research-project-on-ai-in-law-enforcement-3321791

‘Digital recreations of dead people are on the cusp of reality and urgently need regulation, AI ethicists have argued, warning “deadbots” could cause psychological harm to, and even “haunt”, their creators and users.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/digital-recreations-of-dead-people-need-urgent-regulation-ai-ethicists-say

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming our society and the world of work, yet there are no AI-related laws in place in the UK, nor any current plans to legislate soon.’ Link: https://www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/launching-tucs-ready-go-ai-bill

‘Harvard Law expert in technology and the law says the New York Times lawsuit against ChatGPT parent OpenAI is the first big test for AI in the copyright space.’ Link: https://hls.harvard.edu/today/does-chatgpt-violate-new-york-times-copyrights/

‘Much has been claimed about the impact of generative artificial intelligence technology on professional services. However, even though more lawyers are using generative AI for tasks such as drafting contracts or providing initial legal opinions, it is evident that it cannot yet promise to be a panacea.’ Link: https://www.ft.com/content/9304f61a-72a2-4c86-9d09-2b8014aea0fc

‘A group of eight US newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/30/us-newspaper-openai-lawsuit

‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has issued guidance to regulators, pushing them to be proactive in creating an environment that encourages lawyers and law firms to innovate to help better connect people to legal services.’ Link: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/news/lsb-issues-guidance-to-regulators-to-spur-innovation-and-widen-access-to-legal-services Update: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/news/lsb-publishes-update-on-approach-to-regulating-ai-use