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There is finally some clarity around how artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is going to look in Australia. The Australian Government has released a proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in ‘high risk’ settings (Proposals Paper), as well as a Voluntary AI Safety
Continue Reading Shaping the future: Australia’s approach to AI regulation
It’s fair to say that Aotearoa New Zealand’s approach to regulation (and empowerment) of the rapid adoption of AI-enabled solutions has been conspicuous in its absence to date. New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is the only regulator to have released substantive guidance for businesses adopting AI-enabled solutions (see our thoughts on
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Due to an exponential growth in the investment in female health and wellbeing, Forbes and Dealroom reported that 2023 saw 1.14 billion USD raised collectively across 120 deals in ‘FemTech’. The phrase refers to technology products and services that help to solve the health needs and concerns suffered disproportionately or
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Following the publication of the Government’s pro-innovation strategy earlier this year, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) AI Update last week sets out how its existing regulatory framework maps to the Government’s five principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation (AI Principles). The Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
Continue Reading FCA and PRA AI Update: Senior Managers’ accountability for the use of AI
On 25 March 2024, the Cabinet Office published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 02/24: Improving Transparency of AI use in Procurement. This PPN provides guidance on the use by bidders of Artificial Intelligence in public procurements and in the delivery of government services. In particular, it highlights the need for
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For the first time in history, the Czech courts have directly dealt with the issue of copyright protection for content created with the help of generative AI.
In the case, the plaintiff generated an image using the program DALL-E. The prompt was to “Create a visual representation of two parties
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AI is increasingly at the forefront for the insurance sector, as methods to tackle fraud, manage claims and improve customer service are developed. In terms of how these developments are addressed in the contracts that underpin such arrangements there are significant issues to bear in mind.
Contracts involving AI still
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After years of intense negotiation, EU stakeholders have finally reached political agreement on the long-awaited EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“EU AI Act“), which was first published by the European Commission (“EC“) on 21 April 2021. Following the final trilogues, the Council of the EU released the
Continue Reading Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments under the EU AI Act: Who, what and how?
The sci-fi fascination with AI is well established, long in the tooth and a lazy way of looking at the opportunities (and moreover the threats) presented by AI. But perhaps these once-fantastical ideas are rapidly becoming technological reality. That legislators, including the UK’s House of Lords, are looking seriously at
Continue Reading Building a smarter smartbomb: The Government responds to the House of Lords AI in Weapon Systems Committee
