20 Dec, 2024 ICO gen AI consultation response: 5 things you need to know By Bryony Bacon The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its response to its data protection and genAI consultation. While there is...
19 Dec, 2024 Are we nearly there yet? UK edges closer to finding solutions on copyright and AI By Richard Barker As 2024 draws to a close, AI continues to dominate IP headlines. This week is no exception, with the UK government launching its promised...
19 Nov, 2024 Ofcom open letter clarifies how Online Safety Act will apply to GenAI By Jack Higgins On 8 November, Ofcom published an open letter to online service providers clarifying how the UK’s Online Safety Act (‘OSA’) will apply to...
13 Nov, 2024 AI Regulation Update: New EU Product Liability Directive Approved by Commission By Natalie Donovan AI regulation in the EU was never just about the EU AI Act – the AI Act was part of a package that included a new AI Liability Directive...
13 Nov, 2024 AI in recruitment: ICO publishes recommendations By Clare Fletcher Rebecca Cousin The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published the outcomes from a number of consensual audits it conducted on the use of AI...
07 Nov, 2024 New winds blowing: Bank of England publishes speech on AI and financial stability By Emily Bradley Last week the Bank of England (the Bank) published a speech delivered by Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s Deputy Governor for Financial...
22 Oct, 2024 FCA launches new 'AI Lab' for financial services sector By Emily Bradley The FCA has launched a new ‘AI Lab’, seeking to support innovators as they develop new AI solutions while deepening its own understanding...
16 Oct, 2024 Revolutionising Regulation: The UK’s New Innovation Office Takes Centre Stage By Alexander Gulli Commitments to boost investment and innovation in the UK were central to the Labour party’s manifesto, as we wrote about in our previous...
26 Sep, 2024 European Commission publishes Competition Policy Brief on generative AI and virtual worlds By Jonathan Slade Jennyfer Moreau On 19 September 2024, the European Commission published a Policy Brief on competition in generative AI and virtual worlds. The Policy...
13 Sep, 2024 Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but important,...
19 Aug, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Slaughter and May 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...