Bob Dylan famously asked, “How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?”. The power of the question is that there is no answer – and comparing the tribulations of one person’s journey through life to another’s defies any attempt at simple quantification.
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Continue Reading How many neurons must a system compute before you can call it AI? Unpicking the guidelines on the AI Act’s definition of artificial intelligence
It’s time to ensure your staff know how to tell weights from biases, and transformers from diffusion models.
2nd February marked the date the EU AI Act’s much-talked-about AI literacy requirements officially came into effect. Staff can no longer nod along when they hear explanations of ‘machine learning’ or ‘neural
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If hearing the word “prohibition” brings to mind the moonshine, speakeasies, and bootleg liquor of 1920s America, you’re not alone. It conjures images from ‘Boardwalk Empire’ or ‘The Untouchables’. But today’s prohibition isn’t about gin or whiskey – it’s about AI. With the EU’s new “prohibited AI” rules in force
Continue Reading A new prohibition era for AI: why you could be ‘bootlegging’ banned tech
On 5 January 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the trial of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to detect collusion in public procurement by scanning and analysing bidding data at scale.1 According to Sarah Cardell, the Chief Executive of the CMA, the pilot has already proved
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, data scraping is a hot topic. The copying of online text, images and videos has beneficial use cases (e.g. training AI models for more accurate fraud detection or collecting contact details of business representatives
Continue Reading Navigating the legal intricacies of scraping personal data for AI development
In a recent webinar forming part of DLA Piper’s ‘Digital Evolution in conversation with’ series, Technology Transactions and Sourcing partner Lauren Hurcombe caught up with Gareth Stokes and Jeanne Dauzier, DLA Piper’s International Co-Chairs of the AI Practice, to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by navigating AI from a
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Last week, World Menopause Day spotlighted a critical issue impacting half the population. The UK government estimated menopause costs the UK economy 14 million working days annually due to women taking time off due to some of the debilitating symptoms. These include hot flushes, insomnia, low mood and/or anxiety, problems
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As the first court in Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court (‘Landgericht Hamburg‘) ruled on Artificial Intelligence whether datasets used for AI training activities may infringe German copyright law (Judgment as of 27 September 2024 – file no. 310 O 227/23).
The plaintiff is a photographer who made
Continue Reading First of its Kind – Hamburg Regional Court Ruling on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in Germany
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, the conversation around AI bias and its implications has never been more urgent. Businesses are racing to leverage AI for data-driven decision-making, yet many overlook a critical issue: the very algorithms designed to enhance efficiency can perpetuate existing societal biases.
Continue Reading Beyond code: Addressing AI bias with inclusive governance
This year, our DLA Piper Tech Index is global, and captures the views of an even wider cross section of organizations working in the technology space. The report itself contains fascinating and granular findings on a range of important topics, and we consider here the key points relevant for CGFR
Continue Reading Key insights from the Tech Index 2024 report
