‘Half of adults in the UK are concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on their job, according to a poll, as union leaders call for a “step change” in the country’s approach to new technologies.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/27/half-of-uk-adults-worry-that-ai-will-take-or-alter-their-job-poll-finds

‘August is not yet over, and we have already seen around 30 alleged incidents of AI hallucinations and/or fabricated citations internationally. July alone recorded approximately 50 such incidents. I had initially hoped to review the cases monthly, but the sheer volume now requires a weekly update.’ Link: https://naturalandartificiallaw.com/ai-hallucinations-and-or-fabricated-citations/

‘Librarians helped us quiz AI bots with tough trivia, recent events questions and more. Some answers were impressive — others were worse than an old-fashioned Google search.’ Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/27/ai-search-best-answers-facts/

‘The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of conversations with the chatbot.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/27/chatgpt-scrutiny-family-teen-killed-himself-sue-open-ai

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept in legal practice – it is actively reshaping how legal services are delivered and, crucially, how they are priced. Tasks that once consumed hours – document review, legal research, contract drafting – can now be completed in a fraction of the time. As these efficiencies become…

‘Lawyers have a new duty to have a “competent functional understanding” of artificial intelligence (AI) as its use spreads across the profession, a specialist has argued.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/lawyer-under-new-duty-to-have-functional-understanding-of-ai

‘The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling for the government to make changes to company tax regulations and extend the powers of regulators to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) is not abused by employers to weaken staff.’ Link: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630072/TUC-calls-for-government-crackdown-on-business-AI-shortcuts

‘There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, dubbed ‘AI psychosis’, has raised concerns that features built into large language models may contribute to some users losing touch with reality. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and researcher at King’s College London, about his…

‘This chapter introduces a conceptual framework for qualitative risk assessment of AI, particularly in the context of the EU AI Act. The framework addresses the complexities of legal compliance and fundamental rights protection by itegrating definitional balancing and defeasible reasoning. Definitional balancing employs proportionality analysis to resolve conflicts between competing rights, while defeasible reasoning accommodates…

‘The choices made in the next few years about how AI enters the classroom will shape a generation’s relationship with both technology and learning. Today, we’re announcing two initiatives for AI in education to help navigate these critical decisions: a Higher Education Advisory Board to guide Claude’s development for education, and three AI Fluency courses…

‘Since starting this project, I’ve enjoyed speaking at events, but what I’ve valued most are the quieter conversations sparked by the blog. Hearing how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already shaping, or is expected to shape, people’s practice has been fascinating. The discussions have ranged from the simple “What exactly is a prompt?” to the daunting “Will we all…

‘The capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have advanced to the point where entire textbooks can be queried using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enabling AI to integrate external, up-to-date information into its responses. This study evaluates the ability of two OpenAI models, GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 Turbo, to create and answer exam questions based on an…

‘In this post, I present and elaborate on my approach to AI and its use in the classroom both as a teaching tool and as one that students are increasingly turning to in their research and assessments. These conversations require nuance, a critical but not exceptionalist approach to technology, and an ethic of generosity towards…

‘Cloud services giant Fastly has released a report claiming AI crawlers are putting a heavy load on the open web, slurping up sites at a rate that accounts for 80 percent of all AI bot traffic, with the remaining 20 percent used by AI fetchers. Bots and fetchers can hit websites hard, demanding data from…

‘Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.’ Link: https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/wired-and-business-insider-remove-ai-written-freelance-articles/

‘This article critically examines the concept of systemic risk as used in the EU Act in relation to General-Purpose AI Models (GPAIMs). It argues that rather than resolving uncertainty, the Act institutionalises it, transforming systemic risk into a flexible yet uncertain legal category. Drawing on legal theory and sociological perspectives – especially systems theory –…

‘The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (‘AI Act’) pursues two overarching goals. First, to protect health, safety, and fundamental rights, while, secondly, improving the internal market by promoting the uptake of trustworthy artificial intelligence and supporting innovation. To pursue these two aims, the EU has opted for a dense regulatory framework consisting of (qualified) prohibitions of…

‘The growing use of generative artificial intelligence technology (gen-AI) technology in design creation offers valuable tool for increasing efficiency and for widening the creative perspectives of fashion designers. However, adopting AI tools in the fashion design process raises important copyright concerns, too. First, this article explores copyright implications from the use of gen-AI in fashion…

‘An academic study credited with wiping a trillion dollars from the value of artificial intelligence stocks this week suggests lawyers are embracing the technology at a personal level – but with little effect on their firm’s bottom line. The report, released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s NANDA initiative, reveals that, while most organisations are…

‘This short piece explores a widespread and yet underexamined or even overlooked misconception, that is, large language models (LLMs) function like traditional legal research databases. They do not. As a matter of fact, information retrieval from databases functions very differently from LLMs in terms of inputs, retrieval processes, and outputs. These differences have significant implications for…

‘AI risks entrenching racism and sexism in Australia, the human rights commissioner has warned, amid internal Labor debate about how to respond to the emerging technology.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/13/ai-artificial-intelligence-racism-sexism-australia-human-rights-commissioner

‘Five years after the landmark legal victory, how does UK immigration AI work now – and what immigration practitioners need to know.’ Link: https://www.ein.org.uk/blog/immigration-ai-2025-whats-actually-changed-streaming-algorithm

‘The billable hour has long dominated law firm pricing models. However, as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes legal work, this traditional approach faces increasing scrutiny.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/will-ai-finally-kill-the-billable-hour-the-rise-of-value-based-pricing

‘The public release of high-profile generative AI models in late 2022 and early 2023 spurred widespread concerns over ‘existential threats’ to humanity from AI. This paper explores how this AI ‘crisis’ impacted ongoing approaches to AI, altering policymakers’ strategies to govern these technologies. Drawing on policy analysis approaches that highlight the role of ideas, this…

‘A US medical journal has warned against using ChatGPT for health information after a man developed a rare condition following an interaction with the chatbot about removing table salt from his diet.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/12/us-man-bromism-salt-diet-chatgpt-openai-health-information

‘Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies manage the human work behind AI development. However, they face accusations of worker exploitation, underpayment and wage theft. Big tech companies benefit from this work model.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/ai-revolution-exploitation-gig-workers/

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a novelty in legal services. From contract analysis to legal research and automated correspondence, AI tools are already embedded in many firms’ day-to-day workflows. Yet the regulatory framework has failed to keep pace.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/ai-and-the-solicitors-duty-of-competence-time-for-sra-guidance

‘A judge has criticised lawyers acting for a boy accused of murder for filing misleading information with the courts after failing to check documents created using artificial intelligence.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/14/judge-criticises-lawyers-acting-for-a-boy-accused-of-for-filing-misleading-ai-created-documents-ntwnfb

‘The paper aims to raise awareness of legal issues regarding AI, prompting wider discussion of the topic, and to act as a step towards identifying those areas most in need of law reform.’ Link: https://lawcom.gov.uk/news/artificial-intelligence-and-the-law-a-discussion-paper/

‘Artificial intelligence tools will be rolled out to all police forces to tackle grooming gangs.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-ai-grooming-gangs-tackling-organised-exploitation-programme-b2802377.html

‘We must avoid inequalities between the global north and global south being perpetuated in the digital age.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/aug/03/artificial-intelligence-global-south

‘OpenAI has updated its large language model (LLM) in ChatGPT to GPT-5, which it says takes a significant step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). In a blog post, the company said GPT-5 delivers leaps in accuracy, speed, reasoning, context recognition, structured thinking and problem-solving.’ Link: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628697/Open-AI-closes-to-gap-to-artifgicial-general-intelligence-with-GPT-5

‘The legal profession is changing as generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools become embedded in legal research and practice. While AI tools promise increased efficiency, they also pose risks to cognitive development, including overload, overreliance, decision fatigue, and the erosion of metacognitive habits. This article applies cognitive psychology frameworks to examine how AI-assisted research affects legal…

‘Manipulation and deception were not born with AI: online architecture of choice can be harmful when it contains dark patterns or deceptive designs. These techniques deceive or manipulate users through interfaces that have the substantial effect of subverting or altering users’ agency, decision-making, or choice as part of their online activities. But AI has the…

‘This paper examines the legal implications of the explicit mentioning of automation bias (AB) in the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The AIA mandates human oversight for high-risk AI systems and requires providers to enable awareness of AB, i.e., the human tendency to over-rely on AI outputs. The paper analyses the embedding of this extra-juridical concept…

‘OpenAI has claimed to have taken a “significant step” towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the launch of its latest upgrade to ChatGPT, but has admitted there are still “many things” missing in its quest to create a system able to do humans’ jobs.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/07/openai-chatgpt-upgrade-big-step-forward-human-jobs-gpt-5

‘I am more than a little furious. We live in times when far right agitators are stirring up physical violence, and people are getting sucked into internet rabbit holes of conspiracist thinking and outright lies. But, if you wanted to check the facts about something, where else would you turn but to Google, the default…

‘This in-depth analysis explains the statistical nature of generativeAI and how training on copyright-protected data results inpersistent functional dependencies with respect to the useddata. It highlights the challenges of attribution and noveltydetection in these high-dimensional models, emphasising thelimitations of current methodologies. The study providestechnical recommendations for traceability and outputassessment mechanisms.’ Link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/776529/IUST_BRI(2025)776529_EN.pdf

‘Google is rolling out a new tool in the UK that will generate results using artificial intelligence (AI), in a significant shake-up to the world’s most popular search engine.’ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj4zky4zwo

‘Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/27/it-wants-users-hooked-and-jonesing-for-their-next-fix-are-young-people-becoming-too-reliant-on-ai

‘UPDATED: AI developers that obtain data from online sources to train ‘general purpose AI’ (GPAI) models must compile a list of the websites from which they sourced the most data – and publish it on their own websites – to comply with the EU AI Act.’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/eu-ai-act-copyright-template

‘ChatGPT is launching a “study mode” to encourage responsible academic use of the chatbot, amid rising cases of misuse of artificial intelligence tools at universities.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/29/chatgpt-openai-chatbot-study-mode-universities-students-education

‘This plan focuses on three priorities: strengthening our foundations, embedding AI across justice services, and investing in the people who will deliver this transformation. It aligns with the Prime Minister’s vision to build digital and AI capability across government and supports our departmental priority of delivering swift access to justice.’ Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-action-plan-for-justice/ai-action-plan-for-justice