‘What a judge sees when counsel outsources their professional judgment to a machine.’ Link: https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/opinion/2026/do-not-delegate-the-thinking

‘Over the past academic year, I served as the Inaugural Faculty Fellow for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at my university, a mid-sized public institution in the South. In that time, I acted as an AI curriculum developer, community resource, media personality, and intermediary between faculty and administration. I orchestrated a free AI certificate program that boasts…

‘Despite AI tools becoming increasingly embedded in academic practice, little is known about how university students integrate them into their writing processes. We examine how students engage with AI across different writing tasks, and how this engagement is shaped by individual factors including AI literacy, writing confidence, trust, authorship concerns, and motivation. Study~1 surveys 107…

‘Danielle Crowley is getting tired of people telling her to use generative artificial intelligence (genAI). As a marine zoologist at Bangor University, UK, she says that she is pretty much the only PhD student in her cohort who does not use it. She has seen colleagues use genAI tools for coding and for getting the…

‘A move by global pop icon Taylor Swift to trademark her voice marks the latest step in celebrity fears over AI manipulation, according to an intellectual property expert.’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/stars-move-swiftly-protect-image-taylor-lodges-ai-trademarks

‘It’s the stuff of science fiction cinema, or particularly breathless AI company blogposts: new research finds recent AI systems can independently copy themselves on to other computers.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/07/no-one-has-done-this-in-the-wild-study-observes-ai-replicate-itself

‘The rise of large language models (LLMs) has triggered a series of unintended consequences for the global research community, most notably an avalanche of AI-enabled, low-quality academic papers.’ Link: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/detection-tools-wont-save-the-scholarly-record-from-the-ai-paper-avalanche/

‘[T]he Appellant does not seem to have appreciated that AI provided him with artificial case law. The majority of the cases relied upon by the Appellant either do not exist, do not support the propositions in the way stated in his emails, or they have been superseded by more recent case-law.’ Link: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKFTT/TC/2026/673.html

‘Responding to the growth and use of AI by local solicitors, the Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched new guidance on the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence.’ Link: https://lawsoc-ni.org/news/new-ai-guidance-provides-support-for-solicitors-in-northern-ireland

Link: https://www.judiciary.uk/speech-by-the-master-of-the-rolls-artificial-intelligence-and-the-judiciary/

Link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/425/made

‘The University of Surrey will have embedded AI use into all of its degree programmes by September. Annika Bautz explains why doing so in a discipline-specific way was so crucial.’ Link: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-literacy-is-not-enough-universities-must-teach-through-disciplinary-standards/

‘As proponents of AI claim it will soon replace software engineers, what does this mean for qualitative researchers and research software development? Reflecting on an eight-month experiment building a qualitative research app through “vibe coding”, Dipanjan Saha, Gemma Lough, and Tatsuya Akutsu argue that while AI offers researchers a viable way to build custom software, it does not eliminate…

‘As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes more sophisticated and more deeply integrated into the daily lives of individuals, its potential to exacerbate existing social inequalities is a growing concern. A national survey of U.S. adults (N = 10,087) was used to examine disparities in AI awareness between those of high and low socioeconomic status (SES) groups and…

‘Nearly half (47%) of UK job seekers have had an AI interview, research from the hiring platform Greenhouse has found.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/01/uk-job-hunters-frustration-ai-interviews

‘As artificial intelligence expands into the legal information profession, law librarians are confronted with the tension between the adoption of emerging technologies with an outsized environmental impact and sustainability. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a blueprint to achieve a better future for all and seek a balance between economic growth, social inclusion, and the…

‘An enduring access-to-justice crisis leaves most low- and middle-income people without meaningful assistance for civil legal problems. In response, several U.S. jurisdictions have experimented with licensing legal paraprofessionals—such as Limited License Legal Technicians (LLLTs)—to provide a circumscribed set of services directly to the public. Using Washington State’s pioneering LLLT program and its successors as a…

‘Many companies are investing heavily in AI but failing to translate isolated productivity gains into meaningful business results. The problem is a “micro-productivity trap,” where firms optimize tasks without rethinking workflows or value creation, preventing organization-wide impact. This article outlines four steps to escape this trap—strategically narrowing use cases, reimagining cross-functional workflows, engaging frontline employees, and…

‘We are stuck in a deluge of meaningless content that threatens human creativity. Here’s a simple way to mitigate its harms.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/tax-ai-slop

‘This Article examines the “human in the loop” argument regarding the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in court proceedings, challenging the intuition that AI assistance is inherently less problematic than full delegation. It argues that even limited AI support can risk blurring the lines between human and AI decision-making, posing significant dangers for human…

‘The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence is profoundly reshaping how cultural and knowledge resources are created, shared, and governed, exposing significant gaps in existing frameworks for understanding, protection, and oversight. While intellectual property regimes (IPRs) remain one of the primary mechanisms available to artists, creators, cultural workers, and Indigenous knowledge holders to protect their…

‘Higher education is undergoing a noticeable transformation in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Universities are grappling to find answers to some of the fundamental questions: What does it mean to educate students in an AI-driven world? How can universities ensure that their teaching keeps up with the evolving AI technologies? And how to ensure that education remains relevant in this changing landscape?’ Link: https://bilt.online/decolonising-ai-introduction/

Link: https://www.judiciary.uk/speech-by-the-chancellor-of-the-high-court-legal-professional-privilege-in-the-age-of-ai/

‘Matthew Lee, Barrister (England and Wales), considers how using artificial intelligence in the creation of witness statements (AI-assisted witness statements) in civil proceedings may impact on the weight and admissibility in light of the observations of HHJ Klein in Godwin v Godwin [2026] EWHC 923 (Ch).’ Link: https://naturalandartificiallaw.com/ai-assisted-witness-statements-godwin/

‘The employment law expert tells Catherine Baksi that chatbots are costing businesses — in both time and money’ Link: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/rena-christou-ai-has-opened-the-floodgates-to-meritless-claims-wrqcmkcxs

‘In 1950, “when computers were new and unimpressive by today’s standards,” Alan Turing first suggested the “possibility of intelligent machines.” Turing proposed the “Imitation Game,” by which a human judge would type questions to a computer and a human; the computer won if the judge could not identify which answers were machine generated. Turing explored…

‘On 31 March 2026, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its Report, “Recruitment Rewired: an update on the ICO’s work on the fair and responsible use of automation in recruitment”, setting out its findings and regulatory expectations for employers using AI‑enabled or automated tools in recruitment.’ Link: https://www.kingsleynapley.co.uk/insights/blogs/employment-law-blog/recruitment-rewired-what-employers-need-to-know-about-automated-recruitment