‘This article analyses two new AI hallucination cases from the UK courts: Re A, B, C, D [2026] EWFC 71 and Brightwaters Energy Limited v Eroton Exploration and Production Company LTD [2026] EWHC 296. It explains how suspected or confirmed AI hallucination cases (false authorities) reached the court, what the judges said about the duty to verify AI-generated material…

‘The improper use of artificial intelligence (AI) by students is a growing issue in higher education. Students struggle to understand the ethical issues of using AI on assignments and how it may constitute academic dishonesty. This may especially be an issue for online courses due to the level of separation between students and instructor wherein…

‘Students aren’t confused about AI – they’re making rational choices in a system that has removed the incentives to learn. Jim Dickinson and Mack Marshall preview findings from new research on learning in an age of AI.’ Link: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/an-accountability-moment-is-what-makes-ai-work-for-learning/

‘Teachers face a variety of challenges in designing and implementing feedback processes. This study explores how teacher feedback dilemmas are entangled with people, space, time and technologies. In the first phase of the research, interviews with twenty-six teachers from twenty Chinese universities identified teacher feedback dilemmas, and a second phase involved a case study which…

‘Can documents produced by AI systems be legally privileged? Stacie Bourton, Tom Whittaker & Beata Kolodziej consider the lessons to learn from recent cases’ Link: https://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/content/prompting-privilege-

‘From Germany to Mexico, users of AI say their biggest concern is not being replaced by the technology but its propensity to make mistakes, according to one of the largest global surveys of AI use.’ Link: https://www.ft.com/content/e074d3a9-7fd8-447d-ac0a-e0de756ac5c5

‘As many as half of law firm clients believe that artificial intelligence (AI) can replace a qualified solicitor, although most say this would only be for routine matters, research has found.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/half-of-clients-think-ai-can-replace-solicitors

‘For a long time the AI cases hitting the headlines have only concerned “hallucinations”. But that may be starting to change- as the focus shifts to how AI impacts on confidentiality and privilege, and also reinforces the need for supervision in using AI tools.  Helen Evans KC and Isabel Barter explain what’s going on.’ Link: https://www.4newsquare.com/is-your-ai-assistant-causing-a-privilege-or-supervision-problem/

‘AI avatars are helping UK businesses save time and money, but without clear rules, workers are at risk and growth opportunities are being missed.’ Link: https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Research-News/AI-avatars-promise-UK-growth-if-laws-can-put-people-first

‘Employment Tribunals are increasingly encountering claims drafted with the assistance of AI tools such as ChatGPT. While these tools offer an accessible route for litigants in person to initiate proceedings, I have observed that they frequently give rise to significant procedural and substantive difficulties at an early stage.’ Link: https://st-philips.com/news-events/ai-generated-claims-in-the-employment-tribunal-opportunity-or-obstacle/

‘Libraries have long been central to the pursuit of knowledge, equality, and social development. Yet, for millions of persons with disabilities, these institutions often remain out of reach due to physical, technological, and informational barriers. In an age where access to information is a basic human right, such exclusion undermines both social justice and the…

‘Google has dropped a new artificial intelligence search feature that gave users crowdsourced health advice from amateurs around the world.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/16/google-scraps-ai-search-feature-that-crowdsourced-amateur-medical-advice

‘I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now part of an interdisciplinary team at Babson College thinking about how AI is impacting education, industry and society.’ Link: https://theconversation.com/a-writing-professors-new-task-in-the-age-of-ai-teaching-students-when-to-struggle-276590

‘This report provides the first comprehensive mapping of how chatbots are implicated in violence against women and girls (VAWG), identifying new forms of harm – chatbot-driven and chatbot-simulated abuse.’ Link: https://e87dab74-be98-4bb1-83c5-05251d2bc6f4.usrfiles.com/ugd/e87dab_06a7f0801de549689c294d42e0478a3c.pdf

‘Over the last 18 months, we’ve run 2 public pilots of GOV.UK Chat, an AI assistant for GOV.UK built at the Government Digital Service (GDS). More than 10,000 users asked 26,000 questions about government services, from tax to benefits to visas. We measured accuracy, reliability, speed, safety and user trust.’ Link: https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/16/5-things-we-learned-testing-gov-uk-chat-an-ai-assistant-for-government/

‘This pilot study empirically investigates the ability of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to mimic human judges’ sentencing decisions in criminal cases by comparing sentences generated by Large Language Models (LLMs) with those handed down by human judges. Using real-world datasets, our research revealed a strong correlation between LLM-generated predictions and actual court sentences. We observed…

‘Plans for law reform to open up access to copyright material for training AI systems have been abandoned by the government in the face of trenchant opposition by rights holders. A long-awaited policy paper published today states that the government’s original proposal – to allow ‘data mining’ of copyright works unless the holder specifically opts out –…

‘Justice systems are predominantly analysed in terms of the quality of justice they provide and their level of accessibility. However, justice systems, like all public institutions, operate under resource constraints and must allocate those resources efficiently to achieve the best possible outcomes. In practice, a perpetual challenge for justice system administration is managing fluctuations in…

‘The EU AI Act aims to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in a way that balances innovation and protection from harms but faces the challenge of keeping pace with the development of AI. This article examines the tension between fixity and flexibility when regulating AI by drawing on literature on the pacing problem and anticipatory governance,…

‘Introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into tribunals should be “the next phase” of the HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) reform programme, the Administrative Justice Council (AJC) has said.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/introducing-ai-should-be-next-phase-of-tribunal-reform

‘The Home Office’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in processing asylum claims could be unlawful, legal experts have warned, opening up the possibility of court action against the government.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-artificial-intelligence-asylum-claims-backlog-b2937111.html

‘AI chatbots are giving teenagers dangerous advice about eating and producing diet plans that don’t provide enough nutrients or calories, a new study has claimed.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/teenagers-eating-advice-ai-chatbots-b2937417.html

‘An empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of books by AI companies to train AI models.’ Link: https://www.dontstealthisbook.com/

‘UK lawmakers have called on the government to rule out writing a new text and data mining (TDM) exception to copyright, to support AI training and development, into UK law.’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/drop-plans-ai-related-copyright-exception-uk-ministers

‘University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/13/ai-toys-young-children-tigher-regulations-reseachers

‘Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said.’ Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-at-scale-with-surprising-accuracy/

‘In an age of constant misinformation, cautionary tales about the benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence (AI) ring loud throughout the silos of academia. But what if AI could help researchers uncover old archives once inaccessible, and help make library catalogues easier to navigate?’ Link: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1118632

‘As part of the BBC’s AI Unpacked week Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong join an audience of pupils, teachers and education experts to ask if artificial intelligence is the future of learning.’ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s4j1

‘The increase from 47 to 50 incidents in the UK, includes two cases heard together in the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (“UT(IAC)”), as well as the first case I have identified from the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber (“UT(AAC)”). The decision from the UT(IAC) raises particularly important principles. It is notable not only…

‘Data protection authorities from across the globe have today published a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery. The statement represents the united position of 61 authorities and has been issued in response to serious concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) systems that generate realistic images and videos depicting identifiable individuals without their knowledge and consent. The signatories…

‘A proposed law working its way through New York’s legislature would bar artificial intelligence chatbots from impersonating lawyers and other licensed professionals in the state, opening up AI platforms to lawsuits by ​users.’ Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/proposed-new-york-law-would-bar-ai-chatbots-posing-lawyers-allow-duped-users-sue-2026-03-05/

‘Artificial intelligence is gaining prominence in law school curricula, with more courses offering AI skills that aim to prep aspiring attorneys for their future careers.’ Link: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law-schools-beef-up-ai-skills-training

‘EU-funded projects claim to make automated border surveillance environmentally sustainable, but the Commission admitted to AlgorithmWatch that it lacks rigorous definitions, standards and methods to translate these claims into measurable outcomes. As a result, a more ubiquitous “Green” border AI will most likely harm — rather than help — the planet.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/empty-promises-on-sustainable-border-ai/

‘As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themselves pushed to their cognitive limits. Participants in a recent study described a “buzzing” feeling or a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. The authors call this…

‘The danger in using Artificial Intelligence for legal research is not confined to generative AI models such as ChatGPT, therefore;  the use of Google AI for legal research is equally likely to generate results which are false but which might initially be thought to be accurate.’ Link: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2026/81.html

‘A new consultation on how artificial intelligence should be used in preparing civil court documents should help produce sensible guardrails for procedures in future, but precision is needed, according to an expert.’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/consultation-ai-english-litigation

‘The Statement of Case is a curious document running to 187 paragraphs over 27 pages which, she explained when being cross-examined, had been drafted with the help of Artificial Intelligence.’ Link: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKFTT/GRC/2026/302.html

‘The Tribunal acknowledges the Appellant’s concern that there is risk of bias and discrimination in the use of algorithmic and machine learning models. We acknowledge the public interest in the promotion of the understanding of the use of artificial intelligence systems generally and in particular by government departments in the context of automatic decision making.…

‘In 2026 GenAI will cease being a side conversation and become part of mainstream best practice in disclosure, reports Maria Shahid. But how?’ Link: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/ai-and-disclosure-too-much-information/5125913.article

‘The Use of AI in Preparing Court Documents Working Group are holding an eight-week consultation, closing on April 14 2026. ‘ Link: https://www.judiciary.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/advisory-bodies/cjc/current-work/use-of-ai-in-preparing-court-documents/

‘Bringing AI chatbots within the scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act would likely require tailored rules that would add further complexity to legislation that is already too prescriptive, a technology law expert has said.’ Link: https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/tailored-rules-ai-chatbots-online-safety-act

‘The aim of this article is to provide an overview and analyze the implications of the provisions on dataset quality and bias in the AI Act (AIA). The AIA requires providers of AI systems to take measures to identify, prevent, and mitigate biases as part of the data governance practices. The AIA also explicitly prescribes…

‘The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) requires institutions that deploy high-risk AI systems to ensure that they are overseen by individuals with the necessary competence, training, authority, and support. Judicial institutions may look to judges who use the high-risk decision support systems they deploy to perform this oversight role. These judges are…

‘Google AI overviews are having a “major detrimental impact” on the efforts of legal advice agencies to get good information out to consumers, MPs were told this week.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/legal-advice-agencies-hit-hard-by-google-ai-overviews

‘Does the statutory restriction on patenting a program for a “program for a computer…as such” apply to artificial neural networks (“ANNs”)? If so, does it prevent the Appellant’s application from being patented?’ Link: https://supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2024-0131

‘The reference to case law came about in the following way. Ms Matthews produced a skeleton argument ahead of the hearing, which at first blush presents a reasonable understanding of the law of adverse possession. However, on closer inspection, it does betray some errors. Counsel for the First Respondent suggested it had been generated using…

‘It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating pornography. This was true of the printing press, photography, and the earliest days of the internet. It’s also true of generative artificial intelligence (AI).’ Link: https://theconversation.com/non-consensual-ai-porn-doesnt-violate-privacy-but-its-still-wrong-275095

‘A new study examining bias in AI-generated video reveals that the leading AI video creation tools significantly underrepresent women in the legal profession, depicting female lawyers at rates far below their actual numbers in the workforce.’ Link: https://www.lawnext.com/2026/01/ai-video-tools-depict-lawyers-and-judges-as-women-at-far-lower-rates-than-real-life-new-study-finds.html

‘Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has accelerated the production of scholarly text, images, and analytic outputs, while simultaneously destabilising long-standing cues used to infer human authorship and scholarly accountability. As a result, manuscripts increasingly arrive with unclear boundaries between human contribution, tool-assisted editing, and tool-generated content, and these distinctions are rarely made explicit. This creates a…

‘I sometimes wonder whether readers are growing weary of discussions about AI hallucinations in legal work. As of today, we have close to 900 reported cases worldwide and today I will be discussing three more. In the UK alone there are now 37 recorded incidents (with some more to write up shortly). I remain concerned…