Speech by the Master of the Rolls to the Law Society of Scotland – Courts & Tribunals Judiciary
‘Law and Technology Conference Online lecture, Wednesday 14 June 2023.’
Courts & Tribunals Judiciary, 14th June 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
Category: artificial intelligence
Is A.I. Coming for the Lawyers? – Law Pod UK
‘Professor Richard Susskind, advisor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, has been alerting the legal profession to the advance of technology since the 1990s.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd May 2023
Source: audioboom.com
Google representative action on behalf of 1.6m people struck out – Legal Futures
‘The High Court has struck out a representative action brought on behalf of 1.6m people who claimed Google and DeepMind Technologies misused their medical records.’
Legal Futures, 22nd May 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
CMA launches initial review of artificial intelligence models – Competition and Markets Authority
‘The CMA is opening an initial review of competition and consumer protection considerations in the development and use of AI foundation models.’
Competition and Markets Authority, 4th May 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
What Could Artificial Intelligence Mean For Human Rights? – Each Other
‘If you have not heard of artificial intelligence (AI), you most likely will have heard of the likes of facial recognition and online chatbots, both of which use it. While AI has the potential to help solve societal challenges, there has been a mass call for global regulation to ensure it is used in responsible and inclusive ways. In May, the European Parliament will vote on the AI Act, which will set out to regulate AI technologies in order to protect human rights. In an open letter to members of the parliament’s leading committees, civic organisations including Amnesty International have called for the following to be prohibited: automated risk assessments and profiling systems; predictive analytical systems used to interdict, curtail and prevent migration; and “deception detectors” and remote biometric identification cards (RBI) in the context of migration and border management.’
Each Other, 27th April 2023
Source: eachother.org.uk
Law firm to “harness power of ChatGPT” for clinical negligence cases – Legal Futures
‘The biggest specialist personal injury firm in the country is working on ways to harness the power of technology related to ChatGPT to help it handle medical negligence claims.’
Legal Futures, 11th April 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws – The Guardian
‘Britain’s data watchdog has issued a warning to tech firms about the use of people’s personal information to develop chatbots after concerns that the underlying technology is trained on large quantities of unfiltered material scraped from the web.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ask me anything – Allen & Overy adopts ChatGPT-style legal AI tool – Legal Futures
‘Global law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first law firm to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant similar to ChatGPT to help speed up the work of more than 3,500 lawyers, which could save the firm millions of pounds.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
LawtechUK: Regulatory risks of AI “inhibiting law firm adoption” – Legal Futures
‘Hesitation about adopting artificial intelligence (AI) by law firms nervous of the risks presented by a regulatory grey area is causing a bottleneck that needs to be cleared, according to LawtechUK.’
Legal Futures, 18th January 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
What the UK’s six AI principles mean for financial services – OUT-LAW.com
‘Financial services firms can take steps now to prepare for the planned introduction of a new system of regulation for artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the UK.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th January 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Information commissioner warns firms over ‘emotional analysis’ technologies – The Guardian
‘The information commissioner has warned companies to steer clear of “emotional analysis” technologies or face fines, because of the “pseudoscientific” nature of the field.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
Approaches to diversity, technology and adding value are the three most pressing issues for 2022 for legal profession, says senior judge – Local Government Lawyer
‘The three most pressing issues for the legal profession in 2022 are its approach to diversity, the adoption of new technologies, and the need to find ways to add value, the Master of the Rolls has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Lawyers of the future “could face pressure to upgrade brains” – Legal Futures
‘Lawyers of the future could face pressure to augment their “cognitive capacity” through neurotechnology if they want to become partners or meet client demands, a report for the Law Society has speculated.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Artificial intelligence rules to require human liability – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Artificial intelligence systems will have to identify a legal person to be held responsible for any problems under proposals for regulating AI unveiled by the government today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 18th July 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
UK data watchdog investigates whether AI systems show racial bias – The Guardian
‘The UK data watchdog is to investigate whether artificial intelligence systems are showing racial bias when dealing with job applications.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
AI raises ‘challenges’ with existing product liability law, study finds – OUT-LAW.com
‘UK product liability laws need to be updated to address the use of artificial intelligence (AI), an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Computer Says No! Automated Decision-Making in the Public Sector, with the Public Law Project – Law Pod UK
‘The application of technology to both justice and wider government decision-making is moving apace.’
Law Pod UK, 22nd April 2022
Source: audioboom.com
Tetyana Krupiy: The Modern Bill of Rights creates barriers to challenging algorithmic decisions – UK Constitutional Law Association
‘Challenging inaccurate decisions of public authorities which fundamentally impact the life of the British public, could soon be harder. The UK government plans to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with a Modern Bill of Rights. Its package of law reform proposals will make it very hard, and in some cases impossible, for individuals to challenge decisions produced by the operation of artificial intelligence decision-making processes in court. While individuals who experience discrimination in their daily lives will be particularly affected, all individuals will face barriers to accessing justice. This development is important in light of the fact that the UK government formulated a strategic priority in 2017 to create conditions for the growth of the artificial intelligence industry in the United Kingdom. As a follow up the UK government set up the Government Digital Service and the Office for Artificial Intelligence in 2019 in order to inform public authorities about how they can embed artificial intelligence technology into the provision of public services. This suggests that public authorities will make increasing reliance on the employment of artificial intelligence decision-making processes. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is already using artificial intelligence technology to detect which individuals are fraudulently claiming benefits.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 19th April 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
Peers call for national body to regulate use of AI in justice system – Legal Futures
‘Peers have called for the creation of a new national body to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system and elsewhere in the public sector.’
Legal Futures, 30th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Facial recognition firm faces possible £17m privacy fine – BBC News
‘An Australian firm which claims to have a database of more than 10 billion facial images is facing a potential £17m fine over its handling of personal data in the UK.’
BBC news, 29th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
