‘NYU Law faculty and alumni assess the impact of artificial intelligence on law and the world.’ Link: https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/magazine-2024-artificial-intelligence-ai

‘Unless you’ve been completely off-grid for the past 12 months or so, you’ve likely encountered the deluge of news, articles, explainers, and enthusiastic LinkedIn posts about the wonders and/or terrors of Generative AI.’ Link: https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/using-ai-safely

‘One in three small and medium-sized companies believe artificial intelligence could positively transform workplaces, according to a global study.’ Link: https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/smes-ai-positive/

‘Artificial intelligence can have practical applications for assessment in higher education, despite the focus on the threats it poses. Here are considerations when using AI to support teaching and generate feedback.’ Link: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/ai-tutor-and-critic-using-tech-personalise-education

‘This past spring, Turnitin, a company that makes anti-cheating tools to detect the use of A.I. in student papers, released its findings based on more than two hundred million samples reviewed by its software. Three per cent of papers had been more or less entirely written by A.I. and roughly ten per cent exhibited some traces of…

‘The UK government has signed the first international treaty on artificial intelligence in a move that aims to prevent misuses of the technology, such as spreading misinformation or using biased data to make decisions.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/uk-signs-first-international-treaty-to-implement-ai-safeguards

‘The University of Oxford has announced the establishment of the Human-Centered AI Lab (HAI Lab), a pioneering research initiative supported by the Cosmos Institute. This ground-breaking lab will create a space for technologists and philosophers to collaborate on translating philosophical concepts into open-source software and AI systems, fostering a vibrant community for big-picture thinking about…

‘How useful is artificial intelligence for syllabus design? A law lecturer compared the free and subscription versions of three generative AI platforms, with surprising results.’ Link: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/it-worth-paying-genai

‘Despite an unprecedented abundance of news content, both news avoidance and dissatisfaction are rising. Blending journalism, philosophy and law scholarship, this paper argues that ‘news choice overload’ causes paralysis and poor outcomes as it transfers power to algorithms, thereby harming autonomy and, in turn, democracy. An analysis of Australian and European regulatory responses shows the…

‘Industry-seasoned individuals and scholars have extensively deliberated on the significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the information fraternity. While consensus underscores the symbiotic relationship between AI and human efforts, this concept’s dynamic and evolving nature evokes apprehension among stakeholders. This literature study discusses the nuanced exploration of challenges and opportunities of AI in academic libraries,…

‘Hundreds of AI-driven tools are being built to save teachers time on grading, lesson planning, and other tasks. But not all educators are on board.’ Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/03/1103481/heres-how-ed-tech-companies-are-pitching-ai-to-teachers/

‘In September 2024, federal state elections will be held in Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg. AlgorithmWatch has tested whether AI chatbots answer questions about these elections correctly and unbiased. The result: They are not reliable.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/chatbots-are-still-spreading-falsehoods/

‘The United Kingdom is to join a new European treaty intended “to ensure that activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems are fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”.’ Link: https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/uk-to-sign-ai-treaty

‘The coming two years will be critical for the future of Artificial Intelligence regulation in Europe. While the adoption of the European Union’s AI Act in 2024 was a significant achievement in itself, the implementation and enforcement phase that now follows will decide whether it can have a practical impact on how AI is developed…

‘Generative AI models aren’t actually humanlike. They have no intelligence or personality — they’re simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence. But like interns at a tyrannical workplace, they do follow instructions without complaint — including initial “system prompts” that prime the models with their basic qualities and what they should and shouldn’t do.’…

‘Government departments and public bodies in the UK are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automate their processes and support decision-making. In doing so, they need to ensure they act compatibly with principles of public law; if they fail to, judicial review proceedings could be raised in the courts to scrutinise how they are…

‘The EU’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) act identifies unfair biases in AI systems as a key risk. Yet as Sergio Scandizzo argues, we should be equally concerned about our faith in the neutrality of technology.’ Link: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/09/04/in-praise-of-ai-bias/

‘The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (CETS No. 225) was opened for signature during a conference of Council of Europe Ministers of Justice in Vilnius. It is the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule…

‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) has paved the way for revolutionary decision-making processes, which if harnessed appropriately, can contribute to advancements in various sectors, from healthcare to economics. However, its black box nature presents significant ethical challenges related to bias and transparency. AI applications are hugely impacted by biases, presenting inconsistent and unreliable findings, leading to significant…

Link: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10003/CBP-10003.pdf

‘In one of the oldest professions in the world built upon hundreds of years of tradition, change can be a slow process. But in the 21st century, when change is more rapid than ever, the legal profession needs to catch up.’ Link: https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/ai-in-law-embracing-change-or-facing-extinction/

‘The European Union’s AI Act attempts to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence within its member states, write James Egleston and Leo Twiggs.‘ Link: https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/2024/august/lack-of-ai-definition-gives-lawmakers-difficult-task

‘Lawyers have traditionally been slow to embrace technology, with courtroom practices remaining largely the same for centuries. The arrival of generative AI is set to change all that.’ Link: https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-generative-artificial-intelligence-changing-the-legal-profession

‘Technology does not exist in a vacuum; technological development, media representation, public perception, and governmental regulation cyclically influence each other to produce the collective understanding of a technology’s capabilities, utilities, and risks. When these capabilities are overestimated, there is an enhanced risk of subjecting the public to dangerous or harmful technology, artificially restricting research and…

‘The Responsible Technology Adoption Unit (RTA) within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) commissioned this research in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE) to understand how parents and pupils feel about the use of AI tools in education. ‘ Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-on-parent-and-pupil-attitudes-towards-the-use-of-ai-in-education/research-on-public-attitudes-towards-the-use-of-ai-in-education

‘Reports on the insights from teachers, leaders and pupils on the potential uses of generative artificial intelligence in education.’ Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generative-ai-in-education-user-research-and-technical-report

‘Interest is growing in artificial empathy, but so is confusion about what artificial empathy is or needs to be. This confusion makes it challenging to navigate the technical and ethical issues that accompany empathic AI development. Here, we outline a framework for thinking about empathic AI based on the premise that different constellations of capabilities…

‘Canadian society is progressing deeper into the digital age. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies — like the generative AI ChatGPT and the legal platform Harvey — are increasingly shaping judicial processes and legal systems, including in the adjudication of intricate cases.’ Link: https://theconversation.com/artificial-intelligence-should-not-be-allowed-to-adjudicate-cases-in-canadas-federal-court-234060

‘Nowadays, we delegate many of our decisions to Artificial Intelligence (AI) that acts either in solo or as a human companion in decisions made to support several sensitive domains, like healthcare, financial services and law enforcement. AI systems, even carefully designed to be fair, are heavily criticized for delivering misjudged and discriminated outcomes against individuals…

‘A new database catalogs more than 700 risks cited in AI literature to date. The goal is to raise awareness and head off problems before they arise.’ Link: https://ide.mit.edu/insights/mit-researchers-create-an-open-ai-risk-repository/

‘Remember when those lawyers filed a brief riddled with fake cases generated by ChatGPT? The mainstream media had an old-fashioned freakout about the dangers of artificial intelligence without ever once considering that not reading the cases you’re citing in a brief is a very, very human lawyer problem more than a technological one. But “AI is ruining…

‘Since 2016, over thirty countries have passed laws explicitly mentioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) and in 2024, the discussion about AI bills in legislative bodies has increased globally. To better understand the current AI governance environment, UNESCO has mapped the different regulatory approaches for AI. The consultation paper will be published as a policy brief to…

‘In this blog post, we will focus on obligations that the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) sets for deployers, providers, importers and distributors regarding high-risk AI systems.’ Link: https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/blogs/wilmerhale-privacy-and-cybersecurity-law/20240826-obligations-for-deployers-providers-importers-and-distributors-of-high-risk-ai-systems-in-the-european-unions-artificial-intelligence-act

‘Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it actually is. Now we may finally have an answer. The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the self-appointed arbiters of what it means to be open source, has released a new definition, which it hopes will help lawmakers develop regulations to protect consumers…

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed for “triage and work allocation” in law firms and particularly for conveyancing, a director of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ai-could-help-allocate-work-to-conveyancers

Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence (AI) platforms capable of analyzing and mimicking natural language processing. Leveraging deep learning, LLM capabilities have been advanced significantly, giving rise to generative chatbots such as Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT). GPT-1 was initially released by OpenAI in 2018. ChatGPT’s release in 2022 marked a global record of speed…

‘The article discusses the transformative impact of generative AI large language models (LLMs) on legal research. Callister explores how these AI models, despite their current imperfections, are poised to shift the cognitive (or trusted) authority within the legal profession. He attributes this shift to the ease with which AI processes vast amounts of legal information…

‘The Department of Work and Pensions has failed to deliver on its promise of transparency, despite committing to publish analysis of bias in its automated systems after PLP’s concerns were raised by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last year.’ Link: https://publiclawproject.org.uk/latest/dwps-annual-report-leaves-many-questions-about-ai-and-automation-unanswered/ 

‘From learning new programming languages to creating marketing campaigns, there are tons of ways AI can make your job easier. But getting good results hinges on writing good prompts.’ Link: https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/ai-prompt-engineering-tips/

‘An event at The Dickson Poon School of Law on Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and its implications for Law. Professor Sylvie Delacroix is in conversation with Professor Harry Surden on the topic.’ Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4LCAxPMwo

‘The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) has published a draft best practice guide for the use in e-discovery of active learning (AL), a form of machine learning which can update and change its predictions as additional documents are reviewed.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/guide-sets-out-consistent-process-for-ai-approach-to-e-discovery

‘There has been considerable buzz around the development of ‘AI assistants’ in recent months, with major technology companies – like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Anthropic and OpenAI – stating their intention to create AI assistants that mediate the entire digital experience of users of their products.’ Link: https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-assistants/

‘Creating artificial general intelligence is the solution most often in the spotlight. It is also linked with the possibility—or fear—of machines gaining consciousness. Alternatively, developing domain-specific artificial intelligence is more reliable, energy-efficient, and ethically tractable, and raises mostly a problem of effective coordination between different systems and humans. Herein, it is argued that it will…

‘A mere week after ChatGPT appeared in November 2022, The Atlantic declared that “The College Essay Is Dead.” Two school years later, Jensen is done with mourning and ready to move on. The tall, affable English professor co-runs a National Endowment for the Humanities–funded project on generative-AI literacy for humanities instructors, and he has been incorporating large…

‘In late July, OpenAI began rolling out an eerily humanlike voice interface for ChatGPT. In a safety analysis released today, the company acknowledges that this anthropomorphic voice may lure some users into becoming emotionally attached to their chatbot.’ Link: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-voice-mode-emotional-attachment/

‘Some of the laws make sense, some don’t. Some are applied suitably; some are applied arbitrarily. Laws can come from just about any direction and catch you completely by surprise. You likely won’t see it coming at you and will undoubtedly be shocked, dismayed, and in great legal peril when struck by one.’ Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2024/08/18/supreme-court-justice-decries-the-human-toll-of-too-much-law-so-lets-put-generative-ai-to-work-and-overrule-this-problem-for-good/

‘The new voice feature from OpenAI for ChatGPT is often entertaining and will even do a Trump impression. It likely rolls out to all paid users this fall.’ Link: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-advanced-voice-mode-first-impressions/

‘As GenAI continues to work its way into the legal sphere, law librarians are working to find their place in the new paradigm, according to a panel from the recent AALL Conference.’ Link: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/technology/genai-law-libraries/

‘Berkeley Law, renowned for its innovative legal education and leadership in law and technology, is proud to announce the launch of the first-ever law degree with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Set to begin in summer 2025, the AI-focused Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree is now open for applications.’ Link: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/berkeley-law-unveils-groundbreaking-ai-law-degree-program/

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the primary driving force for change within many professional workplaces today, changing perceptions of what AI can do for professional work.’ Link: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/blog/government-perspectives-on-ai-usage/