‘AI is fast becoming a vital part of how law firms can afford to carry out legal aid work, according to the practice director of the country’s largest legal aid practice.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ai-playing-vital-role-in-managing-legal-aid-work

‘At institutions like Bryn Mawr College, libraries are emerging as AI sandboxes where students and faculty experiment with the tools and learn responsible use.’ Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2026/03/13/how-libraries-shape-ai-literacy-campus

‘Empirical evidence increasingly demonstrates that generative artificial intelligence has the capacity to improve the speed and quality of legal work, yet many lawyers, judges, and clients are reluctant to fully embrace AI. One important reason for hesitation is the concern that AI may undermine the human reasoning and judgment on which competent legal practice depends.…

‘A guide for beginners wondering whether AI tools can replace content design fundamentals.’ Link: https://medium.com/@an0ushka_71464/do-you-need-content-design-in-the-age-of-ai-590d19a6e8fa

‘State legislators love using chatbots.’ Link: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/23/artificial-intelligence-is-creeping-into-american-lawmaking

‘The right to be forgotten is becoming increasingly difficult to enforce in practice for genomic data trained on Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. Once genomic data is used to train AI models, it becomes embedded in the model’s parameters. As these systems learn, they can enable the re-identification of individuals and the inference of health risks.[1]…

‘LexisNexis® Legal & Professional and Luminance has announced a strategic alliance enabling mutual in-house legal customers to leverage LexisNexis legal AI technology powered by LexisNexis® Protége, delivering insights grounded in authoritative legal content and Shepard’s citations directly within the Luminance platform, with seamless access to Lexis+ with Protégé for more complex, end-to-end legal workflows. The alliance…

‘If you’re following AI news, you’re probably getting whiplash. AI is a gold rush. AI is a bubble. AI is taking your job. AI can’t even read a clock. The 2026 AI Index from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, AI’s annual report card, comes out today and cuts through some of that noise.’…

‘Debates about generative AI in higher education have been informed by studies of completed student papers, or self-reported survey data. Research shows that artificial intelligence tools can support learning, but also has raised concerns, including students’ overreliance, cheating, and the potential degradation of critical thinking and engagement.’ Link: https://theconversation.com/college-students-are-writing-with-ai-but-a-pilot-study-finds-theyre-not-simply-letting-it-write-for-them-276856

‘The use of AI to generate criminal court transcripts – long proposed by campaigners for more open justice – is to be tested, the Ministry of Justice announced today. In the research HM Courts & Tribunals Service will test the accuracy of its in-house developed system, Justice Transcribe, in recording Crown court proceedings.’ Link: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ai-to-get-a-court-transcription-try-out/5126462.article

‘It has been argued that for feedback to be effective, it needs to be provided quickly, close to the act of learning production. However, increasing student numbers, and additional demands on lecturers, makes this goal look unachievable. A radical solution may be needed to combat this: could Generative AI provide useful feedback to students at…

‘A barrister has reported herself to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) after submitting authorities hallucinated by artificial intelligence (AI) to the High Court.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/barrister-self-reports-to-bsb-after-citing-fake-cases-in-skeleton

Link: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2026/71.html

‘Generative AI is set to transform the legal profession, though its most promising uses and ultimate effects are still unclear. While AI models like GPT-4 improve efficiency, they can also “hallucinate” and may undermine legal judgment, particularly in complex tasks typically handled by skilled lawyers. This article examines two emerging AI innovations that may mitigate…

‘As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.’ Link: https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/

‘When their key product was faced with unfavorable scientific evidence and the risk of regulation, most businesses in the 20th century defended themselves by sowing doubt on an industrial scale. Big AI is doing something radically different: it floods the zone with potential future risks.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/how-existential-risk-became-the-ai-industrys-most-successful-strategy/

‘In 2024, Google launched AI Overview on Google Search. This feature places a summary response to most user search queries atop the search engine results page (SERP) powered by Google’s Gemini AI model. This summary is prepared through the aggregation and synthesis of the sources below the AI Overview on the SERP. This aggregation process…

Link: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Exeter.Law-Teachers.nf3_.pdf

‘AlgorithmWatch has been investigating how the ever-greater use of AI tools, such as chatbots, could have impacts for democracies. One important, but under-considered, route for impact by AI is when it is used by people with power within democracies – our governments, officials, and politicians. This risks the biases and preferences of AI models finding…

‘If lawyers using AI forget it is just a tool, and stop being ethical responsible lawyers, it will cause mayhem – Flora Page KC explores the legal and ethical pitfalls and offers essential guidance on developing good, safe AI practices in-house.’ Link: https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/what-if-ai-in-legal-workplaces

‘Making litigators declare that they did not use artificial intelligence (AI) in preparing witness statements would “be counter to the pro-innovation approach adopted in the UK and reduce the efficiency that AI has introduced in certain tasks”, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has argued.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/declarations-on-ai-in-witness-statements-would-reduce-efficiency

‘British banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was deemed too dangerous to be released to the public, as a series of senior finance figures warned over its impact.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/finance-leaders-warn-over-claude-mythos-as-uk-banks-prepare-to-use-powerful-anthropic-ai-tool

‘Rosalind English talks to Jacob Turner, barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, and Michael Workman, former lawyer at the Law Commission. Both are AI experts who have taken part in assembling the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce draft Legal Statement regarding liability for AI-related harm in England and Wales, pertaining to private law.’ Link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8887364-ai-and-its-impact-on-private-law-liability-causation-proximity-and-other-legal-hurdles

‘Three attorneys are facing discipline from the State Bar of California after allegations that they cited nonexistent legal decisions in submitted court documents that were written using artificial intelligence.’ Link: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-13/attorneys-used-ai-cited-fake-legal-decisions-state-bar-alleges

‘This paper critically examines Article 50(1) of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which establishes an obligation for providers of AI systems intended for direct interaction with natural persons to develop and design their AI systems in such a way that the natural persons concerned are informed about the interaction with an AI system. Through a…