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The UK has entered into the world’s first binding treaty on artificial intelligence - the framework convention on AI and human rights, democracy and the rule of law (the “Convention”). The treaty sets out principles to be...more
In a landmark moment for global AI governance, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have signed the Council of Europe’s framework convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule...more
Welcome to Commercially Connected shorts, our weekly bitesize newsletter summarising the latest international commercial law updates. This week we look at: - Are your records in order – responding to ECCTA and other...more
The UK prioritizes a flexible framework over comprehensive regulation and emphasizes sector-specific laws. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The UK government's AI Regulation White Paper of...more
On July 23, the European Commission, US Department of Justice, US Federal Trade Commission, and UK Competition and Markets Authority released a joint statement setting out shared principles on competition in markets that...more
As the European Union sets the stage for groundbreaking AI regulation, our podcast offers a comprehensive exploration of this landmark legislation. Join us as we dissect the EU AI Act, unpacking its key provisions and...more
On 1 February 2024, the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and His Majesty’s Treasury addressed a joint letter to the Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)...more
Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more
The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more
As we look ahead to 2024, it is clear that both data protection and AI will continue to take center stage in the UK, as it will in many other countries. In this article we look ahead to the developments that are expected...more
In this episode of OnAir with Akin, lobbying and public policy partner Hans Rickhoff, senior counsel Reggie Babin and international trade counsel Alan Hayes discuss the current state of AI policy, with a specific focus on the...more
The United Kingdom Supreme Court has held that AI is not a person. In 2018, Stephen Thaler filed two patent applications with the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). The UKIPO rejected the patent applications on the...more
In December, the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”) became the fourth jurisdiction to reach a final determination that a generative AI platform could not be named as an inventor on a patent. Like courts in the United States,...more
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in developing new inventions and technologies becomes more prevalent, courts around the world are increasingly addressing whether new inventions developed by AI are eligible for...more
In the fast-evolving landscape of technological innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) has become pivotal for progress, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Despite gaps in the regulatory framework, the UK...more
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s competition regulator, announced this month that it plans on publishing an update in March 2024 to its initial report on AI foundation models (published in September...more
Barely a day goes by without the media reporting the potential benefits of or threats from AI. One of the common concerns is the propensity of AI systems to return biased or discriminatory outcomes. By working through a case...more
Last week, on 1 and 2 November 2023, the UK hosted the world's inaugural large-scale AI Safety Summit (the "Summit") at the historic Bletchley Park – once the epicenter of WWII code-breaking efforts. A milestone event, the...more
The United Kingdom hosted an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit on November 1 – 2 at Bletchley Park with the purpose of bringing together those leading the AI charge, including international governments, AI companies,...more
The firm is pleased to distribute the Q3 2023 edition of All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments, which closely follows the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more
With AI we face a combination of accelerating technological development and, depending on the jurisdiction, a greater or lesser degree of legislative intervention. Artificial intelligence burst into our collective...more
With innovation on the government’s agenda and across the financial services sector, is AI set to transform how pension schemes are run? The regulatory framework for AI is still at early stages, with the UK’s ‘pro-innovation’...more
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 brought generative AI technology firmly into mainstream consciousness, astonishing us with its ability to generate human-like answers at the click of a button. Its potential is enormous,...more
The role that artificial intelligence (“AI”) plays in our everyday lives continues to grow. As a result, so do the proposals surrounding how to regulate AI as well as its relationship with products and end users....more
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published a white paper on 29 March 2023 titled "AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach", which sets out the UK Government’s proposals to regulate artificial...more