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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising everything from industrial production to cancer diagnosis. But as well as tremendous upsides it also carries risks.
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The articles below tackle different aspects of the AI debate, from explaining what ‘AI technology’ really does to examining how it is testing legal frameworks around product liability, intellectual property and even human rights. Our AI hub aims to demystify this rapidly developing technology and explore how it intersects with regulation and the law.

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28 May 2024
Artificial Intelligence Act

The AI Act introduces EU-wide minimum requirements for AI systems and proposes a sliding scale of rules based on the risk: the higher the perceived risk, the stricter the rules. 

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7 Sep 2021
AI technology: a lawyer's guide

As AI becomes more prevalent in our lives the law will need to adapt. However, lawmakers have been struggling to draft a definition that covers exactly what AI is. We seek to examine the underlying technologies that are usually thought of as ‘AI’, and look at how the regulators have so far tried to capture ‘AI’.

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9 Sep 2021
Reviewing contracts using AI

A case study on how we leverage legaltech and AI  to solve the issues of our clients. 

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9 Sep 2021
Turing’s child

Extract from Big Data: Does Size Matter? by Timandra Harkness, explaining AI algorithms and how Alan Turing predicted AI developments.

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7 Mar 2025
EU AI Act unpacked #24: European Commission releases critical AI Act implementation guidelines (Part 2) - Prohibited AI Practices
On 4 February 2025, the European Commission published guidelines on prohibited practices under the EU’s AI Act (the Guidelines). These...
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6 Mar 2025
EU AI Act unpacked #23: European Commission releases critical AI Act implementation guidelines (Part 1) - Definition of AI systems
The European Commission has taken a significant step forward in clarifying the EU AI Act by releasing new implementation guidelines in...
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26 Feb 2025
EU AI Act unpacked #22: Key considerations for employers as deployers vs. providers under the EU AI Act
The EU AI Act introduces a new regulatory framework that distinguishes between, among others, deployers and providers. Employers will...
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17 Feb 2025
Getty v Stability AI – Green light given for representative action under CPR 19.3
The High Court has now ordered that Getty Images (Getty) may pursue its claim against Stability AI (Stability) as a representative action...
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12 Feb 2025
Lights, Cameras, AI Action
Energised by our attendance at the recent Tortoise Responsible AI Forum, Paris AI Action Summit and City & Financial AI Regulation...
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11 Feb 2025
The Responsible AI Forum 2025: Companies are facing growing regulatory and litigation risks over the use of AI, and not just from the new laws grabbing the headlines
Freshfields is a Knowledge Partner on the Responsible AI Forum 2025, hosted at Spencer House by Tortoise Media, in partnership with the...
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5 Feb 2025
German Election #2: Digital Policies in the 2025 Election Campaign – How Germany’s Political Parties Want Germany to Catch Up on Digitalisation
On 23 February 2025, almost 60 million German voters will elect a new federal parliament in snap elections after the collapse of the...
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31 Jan 2025
EU AI Act unpacked #21: The AI Act starts biting – AI literacy and prohibited practices rules now in effect
The first substantive parts of the EU’s AI Act are now binding on businesses in the EU – and beyond.  Although most of the new law’s...

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