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Oct 8, 2024 | 
globallegalpost.com | John Buyers
There is an oft quoted saying that a week is a long time in politics. The phrase is doubly relevant in a year which not only sees some 64 nations across the world (about 49% of the world’s population) undergoing national elections and driving democratic change, but also as a metaphor for the exponential growth in usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) globally, itself as a driver for change. Unfortunately, as with any powerful technology, AI can be used as a force for evil as well as for good.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Xavier Pican
The phased compliance timetable is now set, with the first
deadline in just six months' time
The AI Act was
published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024, a
couple of months
later than expected, and will become law on 1 August 2024. Businesses need to start preparing now to ensure compliance at the
right time for the different types of AI categorised in the AI Act
(see our earlier
Insight, which also sets out the potential consequences of
failing to comply).
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen |Gregoire Dumas |Xavier Pican | +2 more
The phased compliance timetable is now set, with the first deadline in just six months' timeThe AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024, a couple of months later than expected, and will become law on 1 August 2024. Businesses need to start preparing now to ensure compliance at the right time for the different types of AI categorised in the AI Act (see our earlier Insight, which also sets out the potential consequences of failing to comply).
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn
The compliance deadlines for the European Union's (EU) new
cross-sector legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) have been
revised following a delay in publication, notwithstanding that the
text is settled.
EU officials have recently confirmed to Osborne Clarke that the
final step in this process – the publication of the
definitive text in the EU's Official Journal – has been
delayed until mid-July, with some commentators suggesting 12
July.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen |Gregoire Dumas | +3 more
The compliance deadlines for the European Union's (EU) new cross-sector legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) have been revised following a delay in publication, notwithstanding that the text is settled. EU officials have recently confirmed to Osborne Clarke that the final step in this process – the publication of the definitive text in the EU's Official Journal – has been delayed until mid-July, with some commentators suggesting 12 July.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Catherine Hammon |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Tom Sharpe
What approach is taken to artificial intelligence in the
manifestos of the two main parties?
While there is a great deal of discussion on "What to do
about AI" at national and international levels, the UK has so
far taken a very light touch and simply asked existing
regulators to develop an AI strategy based on their existing
powers, shaped by non-statutory "high level
principles".
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May 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Gregoire Dumas |Benjamin Docquir | +4 more
Businesses need to be ready for prohibitions and a staggered compliance timetable that takes effect from late 2024The European Union's (EU) new cross-sector regulation covering artificial intelligence (AI) passed the final legislative hurdle on 21 May when the AI Act was approved by the Council of the EU. The AI Act text is now settled. As clarity about dates starts to emerge, which obligations do businesses need to be ready for and by when?
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Catherine Hammon |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Tom Sharpe
The response to the AI white paper confirms no new
legislation and a decentralised approach, but what else is
planned?
The UK government has published its much-anticipated
consultation response to its March 2023 white paper
on
pro-innovation approach to artificial intelligence (AI)
regulation. Only days before, the House of Lords communications
and digital committee published its own
report on large language models (LLMs) and generative AI.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Emily Barwell |John Buyers |Benjamin Docquir |Jens Schefzig |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen | +4 more
While considerable work remains on its detail, there is political agreement on the broad shape of the legislationLate on Friday 8 December, negotiators for the European Parliament and Council of the EU reached political agreement on the shape and contents of the ground-breaking EU regulation on artificial intelligence – the AI Act – after 38 hours of discussion over three days. However, this represents the beginning of the end of the legislative process, rather than the end itself.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
lexology.com | John Buyers
Artificial intelligence and in particular machine learning are dramatically transforming and enhancing the capabilities of computers and robots in ways that could not have been anticipated even 15 years ago. It is difficult to overstate the technological revolution which we are now going through. But what is at the heart of this technology – and what makes it so transformational?
