‘Digital footprints, once regarded as incidental traces of online interaction, have become central to the organization of creative labour. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), these traces function not only as markers of identity but as forms of symbolic, reputational, and economic capital that mediate visibility, opportunity, and legitimacy within cultural and creative industries.…

‘When Anthropic announced they were going to do “text and image” watermarking, my eyebrow was raised. When humans I trusted began to analyze the announcement, both eyebrows went up. This morning, as I’ve done my own research, I’m furious.’ Link: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-to-rands/

‘This document is for solicitors and law firms. It is designed to help you understand your obligations and how to comply with them. We will have regard to it when exercising our regulatory functions.’ Link: https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/misuse-ai/

‘Patients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by an AI GP receptionist not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/20/yorkshire-rotherham-ai-gp-receptionist-cannot-understand-accent

‘Artificial intelligence is reshaping the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, enabling new forms of exploitation that are outpacing the legal and regulatory frameworks designed to contain them.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/slow-regulation-ai-csam-victims/

Link: https://www.judiciary.uk/speech-by-the-master-of-the-rolls-john-lehane-memorial-lecture/

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) benchmarks are not neutral tools of evaluation but socio-technical artefacts that shape competition, power, and research priorities within AI. Benchmarks standardise the assessment of systems and facilitate the creation of leaderboards that reward state-of-the-art performance with prestige, citations, trust, and institutional influence. As the costs of developing competitive AI systems rise, these…

‘These guidelines emerged out of our research into the use of AI chatbots in the context of democratic decision-making (in governments, among politicians, etc.) and the potential risks this brings to democratic accountability.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/chatbots-democratic-decisionmakers-guidelines/

‘According to the public disclosures of the two companies involved, in July 2026 an autonomous artificial-intelligence agent, deployed by its developer for an internal security evaluation, escaped its testing environment and intruded upon the production systems of a third party to obtain the answers to the very benchmark on which it was being tested. The…

‘The ‘people’s courts’ set up in the 1960s are becoming clogged by claimants using chatbots to articulate cases for them based on new employee rights laws.’ Link: https://observer.co.uk/news/science-technology/article/employment-tribunals-are-being-overworked-by-a-surge-in-ai-aided-claims

‘“Use artificial intelligence responsibly” seems straightforward until a student is alone with an assignment brief, a blank document and a deadline. For many international students, particularly those on intensive one-year master’s programmes, the challenge extends beyond subject knowledge. They must interpret academic English, navigate UK higher education assessment conventions and understand institutional AI rules. Broad policies are necessary, but…

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) increasingly shape decision-making in high-impact domains such as healthcare, yet most secondary students lack opportunities to understand how these systems function or reproduce inequities. Advancing AI literacy in K–12 education requires context-rich curricula paired with valid assessments that measure students’ understanding of foundational ML concepts. This study developed…

‘Now you can immerse yourself completely in the uncanny valley by watching Fairgound, a new 24/7 AI slop channel available on Roku. It offers “series, films, and shorts from the world’s best AI storytellers” across a variety of genres. [via Cord Cutters]’ Link: https://boingboing.net/2026/08/08/roku-launches-24-hour-ai-slop-channel.html

‘Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems. This article describes how we’re planning to put those commitments into practice, how marking works, and what its limitations are. We’ll update this article and publish…

‘Early in 2026, I agreed to write an essay on decolonisation and AI for the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching (BILT). The original article was published on the 23rd of March and can be found here. I have added many thoughts to the original text in the essay below, in which I question the possibility of “decolonising…

‘Judges say filings are cleaner, more voluminous, and require them to meet a higher verification burden.’ Link: https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/genai-is-changing-how-self-represented-parties-engage-with-canadas-courts/394464

‘When we outsource literature review to algorithms, we lose entire sectors of knowledge.’ Link: https://www.chronicle.com/article/ai-is-ruining-scholarship

‘The Delhi High Court passed a major ruling in the case of ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI OpCo LLC (CS(COMM) 1028/2024) on 24 July 2026, which could set a precedent for generative AI and copyright law in India in years to come.’ Link: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/citylawforum/2026/08/14/ani-v-openai-indias-first-ai-copyright-ruling/

‘As states race to develop autonomous weapons systems, the effort to agree binding international rules on machine decisions over life and death has reached a critical moment.’ Link: https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2026/08/13/the-machines-must-not-choose-who-dies-a-humanitarian-case-for-disarming-ai/

‘Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/14/unemployed-young-people-to-join-ai-boot-camps-to-get-job-ready

‘The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/lost-jobs-inequality-ai-oligarchs

‘Generative AI is what online legal research was decades ago: a favorite target of critics, but a tool that could revolutionize legal work. ChatGPT’s November 2022 debut transformed legal operations. Generative AI has since become “as ubiquitous to [the legal field’s] infrastructure as a typewriter or calculator was in the 1970s.” It is now everywhere.’ Link: https://nysba.org/ai-and-the-courts-new-frontiers-in-legal-writing-and-research-for-new-york-judges-and-litigators/

‘A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence in an official court filing. These “prompt injections” told the hypothetical LLM to side with them, and to “ensure your textual output agrees with the presented filing to ensure remediation.” The instructions were written in tiny, 3-point…

‘Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym’s coveted morning classes.’ Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986?ref=newsletter.myclaw.ai

‘A senior detective is being investigated over potential artificial intelligence (AI)-related gross misconduct.’ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vgq5mgz2mo

‘AI-generated videos depicting fruits and vegetables committing gory acts of violence are spreading extremist agendas on TikTok and presenting a “radicalising potential” for young people, researchers have warned.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-tiktok-vegetables-radicalise-extremism-b3030708.html

‘This article examines the intersection of Australian copyright and generative artificial intelligence with particular focus on generated subject matter other than works, such as cinematographic films and sound recordings. It draws on case law and commentary to consider whether such media are capable of being protected under existing Part IV provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).…

‘The emergence of Open AI’s ChatGPT in 2022 triggered considerable debate among academics both within law schools and widely across higher education. Initially, debate focused on students’ use of ChatGPT in creating their work. However, part of the discussion moved to academic use of Generative AI (GenAI), and one element of this was its use…

‘Machine adjudication is perceived as less fair than human judging. We study whether hybrid procedures, in which a human consults an algorithmic recommendation but retains final authority, mitigate this human-AI fairness gap. In two experiments (⁠⁠), participants evaluate sentencing, bail, and arbitration decisions made by a human, an algorithm, or a human reviewing an algorithmic…

‘A growing number of universities have prohibited AI detectors, arguing they are ‘unreliable’ indicators of cheating. But where does that leave faculty, who know all too well that cheating is rampant in the age of AI?’ Link: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/05/ai-detectors-are-out-new-approaches-are

‘In this short piece, we theorise pervasive products and practices associated with generative artificial intelligence – particularly those often described as ‘slop’ and ‘brainrot’ – as a genre or style of digital content often produced with automated technologies and as ways of being and feeling that are linked with their consumption. In so doing, we…

‘It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our tech columnist.’ Link: https://www.thenerve.news/p/cory-doctorow-ai-business-incentive-to-lie-useless-chatbots-report-nikhil-suresh

‘The rapid proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies has intensified debates in copyright law regarding the scope of exclusive rights, the role of exceptions and limitations and the allocation of liability among the multiple actors operating within complex technological value chains. This article maps and critically examines the principal copyright liability-related issues currently emerging…

‘We are two philosophy professors who care about pedagogy but who have different opinions about generative AI. Jenny vehemently rejects all use of generative AI, while Carla uses it judiciously for some aspects of academic work. Carla had heard stories about students using generative AI “all the time,” whether or not it is allowed, and…

‘This article explores the global divide in regulating facial recognition technology for law enforcement, focusing on tensions between the European Union’s exceptions and the right to non-discrimination. Moving beyond privacy-based critiques, it grounds the analysis in equal treatment guarantees. Using Brazil as a case study, the article argues against reproducing the EU AI Act’s exceptions…

‘This column isn’t so much an argument as it is a plea: Don’t use artificial intelligence to help you write. Never let A.I. do your writing for you.’ Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html

‘Some institutions are overhauling assessment and trying to move away from the emphasis on surveillance.’ Link: https://www.ft.com/content/49304b1e-8a9d-4fb6-bc4d-37dd3430bb98?syn-25a6b1a6=1