Select Committee seeks clarity on UK government’s plans for science, innovation and tech policy After the UK government announced plans distribute the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) responsibilities amongst other departments, MPs have written to three Secretaries of State asking them for further details about how this will work in practice. The Prime…
UK law UK government calls for evidence about digital product records policy The UK government has launched a call for evidence on a potential UK digital product records (DPR) policy. The government is asking for views about the potential benefits, costs and practical implications of DPRs to inform the development of future UK policy. It…
Kenneth Tombs with some personal observations on the rapid advances in legal AI practice and thinking Intellectually, the pace of emerging AI technology is unlike anything I have experienced during more than forty years working through successive generations of emerging information technologies. Rarely has commercial capability and academic research advanced so rapidly, or in such…
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The European Commission has published guidelines to help providers and deployers of artificial intelligence systems meet the AI Act’s transparency obligations, which start to apply on 2 August 2026. The transparency obligations are intended to help people recognise when they are interacting with AI, or when content has been generated or altered by AI, reducing…
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UK law Select Committee warns UK government must set out strategy to achieve sovereign AI capabilities The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has published a report saying that, in an era of geopolitical instability and technological competition, the UK government “may not be able to count on its allies” for access to…
A team from Norton Rose Fulbright bring you up to date with the latest policy and technical developments in the world of quantum computing and provide pointers about what this means for cybersecurity advice On 16 June 2026, the UK government announced the new “National Quantum Standards Network”, a world-first national framework for quantum standards to coordinate standards for…
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UK law Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority issue approach document on joint regulation of systemic stablecoin issuers The Bank of England and FCA’s approach document sets out how the UK’s new stablecoin regime will operate when a stablecoin issuer becomes systemically important. Under the framework, the FCA will regulate all UK-issued qualifying stablecoins,…
Ken Tombs reflects on the Law Society’s foresight report on the future of agentic AI and compares it against practitioner and international perspectives (as at June 2026) 1. Introduction The Law Society of England and Wales published its foresight report on agentic AI in legal practice in February 2026. It arrives at a point where…
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The Council of the EU has given its final approval to the AI Omnibus, a targeted package of amendments intended to simplify and streamline aspects of the EU AI Act. The changes are particularly significant for providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems, as they extend key compliance timelines and clarify how the AI Act…
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The ICO has published its finalised guidance on consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products and services, which sets out clear expectations for manufacturers and developers on how to use people’s personal information responsibility. It explains how data protection law and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 apply when processing process personal information in consumer…
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