Artificial Intelligence

On 29 March 2023, the UK Government (“Government”) published its long-awaited white paper (“Paper”), setting out the Government’s proposals to govern and regulate artificial Intelligence (“AI”). Headed “A Pro-Innovation Approach”, the Paper recognises the importance of building a framework that builds trust

Continue Reading One small step for machine: UK Information Commissioner publishes response to new AI White Paper

The TV turns on, without prompt, and switches to the news. The company you are working for has decided to implement a new AI system, rendering your role and the roles of many of your colleagues redundant. You ask your virtual assistant to bring up your social media and attempt

Continue Reading Beyond Binary: Revisiting the Interplay of Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law

In November 2021, the UK Government (“Government”) issued the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, with the ambition of making the UK a global AI superpower over the next decade. The strategy promised a thriving ecosystem, supported by Government policy that would look at establishing an effective regulatory

Continue Reading A Pro-Innovation Approach: UK Government publishes white paper on the future of governance and regulation of artificial intelligence

In recent weeks, generative AI platforms, such as Chat GPT-4, DALL.E 2, and Stable Diffusion, have made headlines for a number of reasons. Many have questioned the impact this technology will have on business, education, and the creative sectors, and the potential benefits it may bring. Others

Continue Reading Art(ificial intelligence) imitates life: IP infringement risks presented by Generative AI

Probably even the chatbot ChatGPT[1] would be “surprised” to see how many new articles, essays, blogposts, personal posts and videos discuss issues around AI, and specifically, generative AI.

In this blogpost we’re not going to try to fully explore the various legal aspects of AI. We want to focus

Continue Reading ChatGPT and competition law: Initial thoughts and questions

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

Continue Reading Hyperscalers’ Democratisation of AI creates new opportunities for the next generation of Startups

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

Continue Reading The Generation Game: Points to consider when leveraging generative AI in business

“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 Tech Index 2022: Pathways to Growth in a Troubled World