‘Author surveys show researchers regularly turn to generic “off the shelf” AI tools to aid with academic writing. Taking stock of this evidence, Akhilesh Ayer argues for a more careful research-centric approach to AI tools and their adoption by researchers and institutions.’ Link: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/07/03/researchers-need-dedicated-tools-not-off-the-shelf-ai/

‘The B.C. government has retained counsel to pursue legal action against OpenAI for the role it alleges the company played in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.’ Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-attorney-general-legal-options-tumbler-ridge-9.7261071

‘In summary therefore, at the outset of the appeal hearing the Court was faced with a situation in which non-existent authorities had been cited in formal submissions on behalf of the Respondent. The error appeared not to have been identified by those responsible for preparing or reviewing the submissions, nor by counsel, but was instead…

‘When AI agents can autonomously access platforms and complete transactions on behalf of users, who should bear legal liability for their conduct: the developers, the users, or the platforms? Two landmark events in late 2025 – the Amazon v. Perplexity lawsuit in the United States and the platform bans on the Doubao AI Phone in…

‘Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy’s announcement on the 9th of June 2026 concerning AI use in the Crown courts is potentially of great significance. There is no doubt that there is a need to address the backlog in criminal trials, which is harmful to all parties concerned. The use of AI in this way is well established,…

‘Responding to the rapid rise of generative AI (GenAI) use in academic research, this project addresses the growing need for GenAI literacy in higher education by articulating a set of core GenAI information literacy (IL) competencies aligned with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (2015). The project drew on a targeted review of emerging…

‘Generative AI (GenAI) systems store and process client data in three distinct ways: in the model’s parameters through training and memorisation, in the context window during a live session, and in knowledge databases for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Each mode creates different and often counter-intuitive risks to confidentiality and legal professional privilege, and each calls for…

‘For universities to bridge the gap between AI activity and AI readiness, they’ll need the right partners, infrastructure and leadership. FutureLearn’s International Development Manager, Hemani Naran, explains why.’ Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/every-university-has-ai-ambition-few-have-ai-readiness

‘This is another brief article, or at least what my idea of brief is, concerning a recent decision from the Employment Tribunal. The judgment in Abraham v Hound Technology Ltd is short, but it captures several themes that seem to be increasingly important across courts and tribunals. Those include the speed with which AI can produce legal…

‘In a world flooded with images, emerging visual technologies are playing a pivotal role in transforming how images are created, interpreted, and trusted in human vision. This article explores how machine-driven vision fits into a long history of mediated seeing, including drone photography. Drawing on a multimodal social semiotic framework, the study examines two widely…

‘A tiny snippet of user-generated text as short as 13 words long is often enough to manipulate the AI agents that power tools like ChatGPT and Google’s AI search, new research shows. The study suggests that it is trivially easy for brands to inject promotional content on sites like Reddit, Quora, and Wikipedia with the end…

‘The widespread and increasing adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education has raised urgent questions about academic integrity and the reliability of AI detection tools used in high-stakes assessments. This study compares the accuracy of four popular detection tools: GPTZero, Pangram, Copyleaks, and Turnitin on four kinds of academic papers: fully human-written, fully…

‘In a joint analysis, several European organizations, including AlgorithmWatch, point out the risks and deficiencies of the recently approved AI Omnibus – and highlight the risks that this process in the name of simplification could have for future legislative procedures.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/the-ai-omnibus-a-rollback-of-ai-safeguards-before-they-even-apply/

‘A potential client has used AI to abuse a partner at a Bristol law firm, accusing her of being a “greedy solicitor” and a “loathsome criminal” for wanting to charge for a consultation.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/partner-suffers-ai-generated-abuse-after-asking-for-a-fee

‘In Getty Images v Stability AI, the High Court delivered the first English judgment considering generative artificial intelligence (AI) and IP law. Anticipated as a landmark decision, the final arguments advanced were narrower than many expected.’ Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpag074

‘As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly understood as a political infrastructure and a decision-making technology with the potential to reshape institutions and reconfigure power relations, media coverage plays a key role in shaping public understanding of its risks and opportunities. This study examines how mainstream media outlets in the Global North and Global South politically…

‘AI buyer’s remorse is starting to creep into the ROI equation.’ Link: https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-first-company-wide-ai-ban-just-hit-my-inbox-heres-what-it-means/91357535

‘Artificial intelligence is making its way into courtrooms around the world, and not always for the better. Judges have been caught embedding AI-generated fictitious case references in judicial decisions, in Canada and internationally; and there are no doubt other, more subtle, machine delusions slipping into case law undetected. Judicial misuse of AI tools has profound consequences for the…

‘Can judges still believe the evidence presented to them? How do courts deal with deepfakes and AI-altered images? Those are but some of the questions we’re asking this week as we dive further into our AI series, and look at what deepfakes and AI mean for international courts.’ Link: https://www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/episode-161-seeing-isnt-believing-deepfakes-and-evidence-with-yvonne-mcdermott-rees-and-anne-hausknecht/

‘The first large-scale study of hiring algorithms in the wild finds concerning patterns to how systems reject candidates.’ Link: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-hiring-tools-can-yield-racial-bias-and-systemic-rejection

‘This experimental research tool seeks the most relevant passages of the current versions of Home Office policy, highlights quotes and generates an AI summary of the passages found, with links straight to the relevant section of the policy on gov.uk. It suggests follow-up questions and allows you to ask your own follow-ups as well. The…

‘The EU AI Act’s transparency obligations for providers and deployers of generative AI become applicable on 2 August 2026, although the AI Omnibus has introduced a grace period until 2 December 2026 for systems placed on the market or put into service before 2 August 2026. The European Commission has recently published a voluntary Code of Practice on…

‘This article examines the political, social, and relational consequences of artificial intelligence through an anti-colonial and Indigenous lens. Challenging claims that AI is neutral or inevitable, we show that it is embedded in settler-colonial, racialised, and gendered power structures. Across predictive policing, facial recognition, automated welfare, deepfake sexual violence, and embodied robotics, AI does not…

‘During a June 2026 hearing, Judge Rita Lin implied she might be likely to reject Workday’s latest attempt to dismiss claims brought under California law relating to a 2023 discrimination case.’ Link: https://www.techradar.com/pro/workday-accused-of-ai-bias-in-job-screening-faces-california-lawsuit-over-employment-tech

‘The UK’s collective actions regime is entering a period of both rapid expansion and transformation. According to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Competition Service Annual Report, the Tribunal issued 76 judgments and made 475 orders in the year ending March 2024, with 268 cases carried forward into the next year, reflecting a significant increase in both…

‘Notable copyright infringement cases from over 100 lawsuits.’ Link: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-rise-of-generative-ai-large-language-models-llms-like-chatgpt/#suing

‘Generation Z exhibits a complex relationship with AI, often booing leaders who praise it, reflecting deep anxieties about job displacement and other societal impacts. Studies show 48% of working Gen Zers believe AI risks outweigh benefits, with 44% admitting to sabotaging company AI strategies. This opposition stems from fears of job loss, intellectual property concerns,…

‘Managers and employees alike have gotten the message: AI is part of their job, and it’s time to embrace it. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, even as AI adoption is supposed to create efficiency, it can also do the opposite as dozens of teams and individuals stand up AI initiatives that…

‘In today’s world, many tech companies use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop legal tools. These tools are available to the public, just as AI is being used in areas such as customer service and medical diagnosis.’ Link: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_practice/resources/law-technology-today/2026/the-risk-of-relying-on-ai-lawyers/

‘A senior judge has warned of the dangers of the use of artificial intelligence in the legal system as she says justice is threatened by fake evidence, invented case law and the potential for judicial bias.’ Link: https://www.thejusticegap.com/senior-judge-warns-of-dangers-of-gradual-drift-towards-ai-justice/

‘An artificial intelligence law firm has won a case in an English court, in what is believed to be the first time a trial has been won using an AI lawyer.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/22/artificial-intelligence-law-firm-wins-court-case-in-england-for-first-time

‘Generative AI is now common in higher education, and its rise prompts questions about how students shape their own learning, including the cognitive effort involved. Rather than assuming a binary debate between cheating and assistance, we examine perceived Human-AI agency, understood empirically as students’ reported initiative, monitoring of AI outputs and final decision making in AI supported learning.…

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced rapidly over the past decade. The most advanced AI systems have shifted from laboratory curiosities to those beginning to reshape our world. They have already transformed fields such as software development and cybersecurity, and millions of ordinary people now use them throughout their day.’ Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-scenarios-2030-helping-policymakers-plan-for-the-future-of-ai/ai-scenarios-2030-helping-policymakers-plan-for-the-future-of-ai

‘Most law firms evaluating Microsoft Copilot are asking the right questions. Which practice groups should pilot it first? What should the acceptable use policy say? How do we make sure attorneys get value without creating new risk? Those conversations matter.’ Link: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_practice/resources/law-technology-today/2026/what-should-law-firms-do-before-deploying-copilot/

‘A groundbreaking test of how persuadable an AI judge can be has raised serious concerns about access to justice and miscarriages of justice.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/groundbreaking-test-finds-ai-judges-are-too-persuadable

‘Consumers expect a lawyer to oversee the information and advice that artificial intelligence (AI) provides, major new research has found.’ Link: https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/lsb-exposes-expectation-reality-gap-with-legal-ai

‘Deferring hard decisions about which kinds of machine-assisted creative works can be copyrighted over nearly 250 years has made it harder to ascertain whether works produced with the help of artificial intelligence can receive legal protection, according to Harvard Law School Professor Rebecca Tushnet.’ Link: https://hls.harvard.edu/today/copyright-law-struggling-to-parse-ais-ascendancy/

‘In this blog, we consider how AI is being used in courts and tribunals by both legal representatives and litigants in person. Over the last 12 months, there has been a developing body of judgments handed down where the use of AI has been referenced as creating an issue in the hearing. These cases typically…

‘One of the strongest corporate arguments in favor of the widespread adoption of generative AI tools–including large language models (LLMs), text-to-image, and text-to-video models which underlie systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude–has been the promise of a productivity boon for firms. The argument is that, because they are able to generate realistic-sounding text and…

‘Judges have found AI-assistant submissions from litigants in person ‘more helpful’ than submissions drafted without AI support, the lady chief justice revealed during her annual evidence session before the Constitution Committee today.’ Link: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lady-chief-justice-commends-ai-usage-by-litigants-in-person/5127021.article

‘UK democracy is under “immense and increasing strain” because of disinformation increasingly being spread by artificial intelligence (AI), with just 3 per cent of the public able to very easily tell if a video online is genuine.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ai-election-makerfield-full-fact-b2990452.html

‘The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into legal practice is no longer a futuristic concept; it is an everyday reality. For solicitors specializing in professional negligence, this technological shift represents a fertile new battleground. The recent High Court decision in Re an Office-Holder; Cork v Smith EWHC 1199 (Ch) provides a stark warning about the perils…

‘Artificial intelligence-powered virtual legal assistants are set to be introduced across Crown Courts in the UK, the government has announced, in a bid to alleviate the mounting backlog of cases. Ministers assert that the new technology will significantly accelerate legal proceedings.’ Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ai-crown-courts-uk-backlog-b2992190.html

‘Without disclosing that work has been generated using the technology, faith in existing industries will continue to be undermined.’ Link: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/05/trust-in-ai-roy-morgan-australia-university-professor-opinion-piece-technology

‘In the latest episode of the Law for Lawmakers podcast, JUSTICE explores the challenges of protecting rights as the use of artificial intelligence spreads throughout society.’  Link: https://justice.org.uk/news/national-ai-rules-needed-to-protect-civil-liberties-justice-warns-in-latest-podcast

‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning offer significant potential for archives: they can help identify sensitive content at scale, support the creation and enhancement of descriptive metadata, and enable new forms of access and interpretation. Yet AI also risks compounding long-standing challenges around archival description, bias, and power, especially where collections are fragmentary, under-described, or…

‘The tech companies driving AI expansion claim that AI will eventually help solve climate change. Our analysis indicates that such claims are not based on credible and verifiable data. On the contrary, the evidence for any significant positive climate impacts from AI is weak, while its substantial climate damage is clearly documented.’ Link: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/ai-climate-hoax/

‘This article considers the nature and use of judging algorithms. Based on the nature of formal systems, legal indeterminacy and the nature of law as a socially normative force, we are sceptical about judging algorithms. We first consider the nature of algorithms and formal systems, noting that formal systems of more than trivial complexity are necessarily incomplete.…

‘Artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools are likely to replicate and escalate discrimination and bias in society, including in the workplace. This article examines how the UK legal framework is responding to the workplace discrimination risks posed by new technologies, with a particular focus on large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Drawing on studies of…

‘Explainability of AI systems is branded as a solution to the black box problem. The EU AI Act introduces AI explainability as a requirement for high-risk AI systems, including a right to explanation. However, understanding the wording of the requirements and the related provider and deployer obligations is complicated. This paper takes a legal-evolution research…