19 Aug, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Laura Monaghan We have previously discussed (here, here and here) the exclusion of computer programs from UK patentability and its significance to the...
13 Aug, 2024 Talking AI with the experts - Faculty explain compliance through a technical lens By Natalie Donovan We know that AI raises a wide range of legal risks, and that you need to understand enough about how the technology works to fully...
01 Aug, 2024 EU AI Act in force today By Natalie Donovan The EU AI Act entered into force today (1st August), 20 days after it was published in the Official Journal. As mentioned in my previous...
01 Aug, 2024 EU, UK and US competition authorities publish shared principles for competition in AI By Paul Walter On 23 July 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission, the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade...
24 Jul, 2024 How should privacy teams be managing AI? By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon Not a week goes by without AI making the headline news, one of the latest items being the landmark EU AI Act entering into force on 1...
24 Jul, 2024 Good Governance around AI – what does it require? By Natalie Donovan Rob Sumroy As AI adoption increases, and new AI laws, regulation and guidance are published, organisations are rightly focussing on their AI...
18 Jul, 2024 Is the UK getting an AI bill? By Natalie Donovan Catherine O'Callaghan Yesterday’s King’s Speech confirmed that the new Labour government “will seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place...
12 Jul, 2024 EU AI Act published today - enters into force 1st August By Natalie Donovan The EU AI Act was published in the Official Journal today and will enter into force 20 days later, on 1st August. While it will still be...
09 Jul, 2024 Creating a level playing field: the EU AI Act and copyright By Issabella Cardu The EU AI Act is due to be published in the Official Journal of the EU in the coming days and will enter into force 20 days after...
27 Jun, 2024 Insights from the ICO’s Snap decision on genAI enforcement By Bryony Bacon Last month, the ICO announced that it would not take enforcement action against Snap for its ChatGPT powered “MyAI” chat-bot - despite...
19 Jun, 2024 What do the Pope, the Republic of Korea and the Labour manifesto have in common? By Natalie Donovan They're all talking about AI….. Despite many politicians across the globe being in the midst of election campaigning, AI is still high on...
14 Jun, 2024 The generation game: New EU guidelines published on generative AI and data protection By Alex Buchanan Bryony Bacon On 3 June, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published guidelines on navigating the relationship between generative AI...
28 May, 2024 Tech firms told to ‘tame toxic algorithms’ as Ofcom publishes child safety consultation By Jack Higgins On 8 May, Ofcom published its child safety consultation as part of its ongoing implementation of the Online Safety Act (‘OSA’)....
24 May, 2024 The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 becomes law in the UK By Scott Cormack On 20 May 2024 the UK passed the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (“the Act”). With regulation widely seen as one of the primary hurdles to...
23 May, 2024 Equality in AI: The EHRC’s Updated Approach to Regulating AI in the Workplace By Clare Fletcher David Rintoul As the potential for AI technologies to transform the workplace comes into ever greater focus, and as the capabilities of those...
22 May, 2024 Ofcom Publishes Strategic Approach to AI By Catherine O'Callaghan Ofcom has published its strategic approach to AI 2024/2025 setting out how the communications regulator plans to approach AI in the...