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UK Government issues response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan

News • January 16, 2025

The UK government has issued its response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan and has largely accepted its recommendations. Building sufficient, secure, and sustainable AI infrastructure The government is committed to building cutting-edge, secure, and sustainable AI infrastructure. It will take forward the recommendation to expand its sovereign compute capacity by at least twenty times…

Robot Judges podcast: An interview with Tomás McInerney

Analysis • January 15, 2025

SCL has recently launched a new season of podcasts surveying Technology and Privacy Law Around the World, hosted by Mauricio Figueroa. The first one in the season looks at idea of Robot Judges and Mauricio spoke after recording with one of the panel, Tomás McInerney, to find out more about his experience in being part…

The Drawbacks of International Law in Governing Artificial Intelligence

Analysis • January 14, 2025

Mauricio Figueroa argues why we need to look beyond the conventions of international law to regulate AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are being deployed across industries and sectors of the economy; it is certainly a global problem. At first glance, international law seems like an obvious way forward: a platform designed to address cross-border issues….

This Week’s Techlaw News Round-up

News • January 10, 2025

UK law CMA enters into Memorandum of Understanding with Ofcom in relation to Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 The CMA has published a Memorandum of Understanding that it has entered into with Ofcom in relation to the digital markets competition regime in Part 1 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024….

Book Review: Living with the Algorithm – Servant or Master?

Book Review • January 9, 2025

Darren Grayson Chng on a book making the case for greater regulation of AI It was at a webinar on AI and ethics in July 2024 that I first heard Lord Tim Clement-Jones speak. After hearing him speak I wanted to hear more. I knew I had to get my hands on the AI regulation…

New Year’s Resolutions For Procuring Technology Solutions in 2025

Analysis • January 6, 2025

Jagvinder Singh Kang provides some timely advice for your procurement projects this year. IntroductionTechnology procurement has evolved over the decades. Gone are the days of just procuring IT hardware alone, or standard software. Organisations have become more dependent upon Cloud solutions, usually in the form of SaaS, and now there will be an inevitable movement…

EDPB issues opinion on AI models

News • December 23, 2024

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted an opinion about using personal data when developing and deploying AI models. The opinion looks at: It also considers the use of first and third party data. The Irish Data Protection Commission requested the opinion with a view to seeking Europe-wide regulatory harmonisation. Anonymity The opinion says…

This week’s Techlaw news round-up

News • December 20, 2024

Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 4) Regulations 2024 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 4) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1333) have been made. These Regulations are the fourth commencement regulations under the Online Safety Act 2023. They bring into force on 17 January 2025 the duties about regulated provider pornographic content in section…

AI Christmas Carol 2.0

Analysis • December 19, 2024

(with apologies to Charles Dickens) Sarah Harris, Henry Goodwin and Ashley Winton update the perennial themes of Scrooge to a 21st century setting where Scrooge is struggling to stay relevant….. Published shortly before Christmas in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was an instant hit in 19th century Britain, telling the salutary tale of Ebenezer…

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ICO responds to consultation series on generative AI

News • December 19, 2024

In January 2024, the ICO launched its five-part generative AI consultation series. It has now published its consultation response. The series set out to address regulatory uncertainties about how specific aspects of the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018 apply to the development and use of generative AI. It did that by setting out the…