The technology sector faces a critical moment as economic signs continue to point to a possible downturn. Yet, despite this, our latest Technology Index findings show the industry has managed to remain optimistic thanks to forecasts of increased revenue and ESG opportunities.
As a firm, we launched this unique report
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Through partnering with a prominent hyperscaler, OpenAI, the research laboratory behind the popular ChatGPT, intends to increase access to its AI models. This approach applies the principle of AI democratisation which is being adopted by participants throughout the space. Adherents advocate for increasing the accessibility and affordability of advanced AI
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We are slowly seeing the emerging trend of organisations considering the use of generative technologies across all areas of business. Collectively known as ‘generative AI’, these technologies (such as the popular Chat-GPT and Dall-E) are capable of taking a prompt from its user and creating entirely new content, such as
Continue Reading Imitating Creators: Prospective governance and mechanisms for identifying AI-generated content
Many of us will by now have played around with Chat-GPT, Dall-E and other generative AI products. We will have seen how powerful and impressive these tools are. We have probably also wondered exactly where this is all heading, what it means for our business, and how quickly things will
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Just before Christmas 2022, TSB was fined a total of £48.65million by the FCA and PRA for failings related to its migration to its new parent’s, Sabadell, technology platform, Proteo, in 2018. The impact on customers was considered material and resulted in findings of breaches of a number of the
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EU – Publication of DORA
The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has now been published (on 27 December 2022) and entered into force on 16 January 2023.
There will be a 24 month implementation period. Therefore, DORA will apply from 17 January 2025 in all EU Member
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It appears as if 2023 could be quite rocky from an economic perspective. In such circumstances, both customers and suppliers of technology and business process related services will be looking at both their existing and proposed contracts, and considering what they might need to do to safeguard their interests. The
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In September 2022, DLA Piper published its latest article in its series on Project Gigabit (“Project”), detailing the progress made by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) up to the end of Summer 2022 towards national coverage of gigabit-capable broadband. Further detail on
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“Slow and steady wins the race.”
All of us will have heard a multitude of variations on Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. The overconfident hare is so sure he can win a race with the tortoise that he races off, and is then so confident of his
Continue Reading Hare-brained scheme: Why the AI tortoises will inevitably lose the race…
The technology sector faces a critical moment as economic signs continue to point to a possible downturn. Yet, despite this, our latest Technology Index findings show the industry has managed to remain optimistic thanks to forecasts of increased revenue and ESG opportunities.
As a firm, we launched this unique report
Continue Reading Pathways to Growth in a Troubled World
Much anticipated regulatory updates on virtual assets (“VAs”) and related activities were announced during the Hong Kong FinTech Week. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (“FSTB”), Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) debuted wide-ranging policy
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