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The International Bar Association (IBA) has formally endorsed the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. The convention is the first international legally binding treaty for the governance of AI. It aims to ensure that act

Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Irish businesses have not implemented an AI policy, despite the EU AI Act coming into force on August 1, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has revealed. However, almost the same amount (64 per cent) said that they are using AI in their HR practices to some degree.

Nearly two-thirds of in-house lawyers in Ireland are using AI in their legal work, a new survey suggests. Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC) surveyed over 60 attendees at an event in founding sponsor William Fry's office this morning.

The UK's most notorious cold cases could be solved using AI. Police chiefs think that cloud-based software Söze could be fed huge quantities of information to help detectives crack unsolved cases.

The UK has signed the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of

William Fry partner Barry Scannell provides a comprehensive guide to the EU's new AI Act. Today, 1 August 2024, marks a watershed moment in the regulation of artificial intelligence as the EU Artificial Intelligence Act officially enters into force.

DWF has rolled out an AI-powered productivity tool in its Belfast office and plans to make it available to all of its global offices. The firm has embraced Copilot for Microsoft 365, which can summarise emails, generate action points and draft emails, project plans and presentations, following a pil

The EU AI Act is poised to be a catalyst for innovation in medtech, a new Mason Hayes & Curran survey suggests. The business law firm polled close to 200 professionals from the medtech sector at its recent webinar titled "What the AI Act Means for Medical Devices". The findings come as the new r

Meta has delayed plans to train AI tools on content published by Facebook and Instagram users in the EU following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). The social media giant said last Monday that its generative AI features need to be trained on European data to reflect "the div

UK lawyers tend to believe that the legal profession should self-regulate its use of AI, a survey suggests. A survey commissioned by Thomson Reuters found that 48 per cent of lawyers in UK firms and 50 per cent of UK in-house lawyers support self-regulation, with 36 per cent of lawyers in firms and

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has released an online guide aimed at helping businesses and organisations navigate the complex legal landscape of AI use and its development. All AI-Board is intended to be an accessible, comprehensive guide which offers bite-sized, Board-level insights into key

The family of F1 legend Michael Schumacher has won a legal case against the publisher of a magazine which printed an AI-generated interview with him last year. The German tabloid Die Aktuelle printed on its April 2023 cover the words “Michael Schumacher, the first interview!”

The EU AI Act is to become law following its final approval by the Council of the European Union yesterday. The first of its kind in the world, the flagship legislation aims to set a global standard for AI regulation. Its risk-based approach sees AI systems subject to different levels of regulation

KPMG has launched a new EU AI Hub in Dublin, with plans to recruit 200 people over the next three years in areas including risk, regulatory services and cyber security. The Hub is in collaboration with AI security and trust software firm Cranium and Microsoft and is located in the firm’s Platf

Belfast-based McKees says it has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to integrate generative AI technology tailored specifically for lawyers. The independent commercial law firm has partnered with Cicero AI, a legal technology startup that has developed a secure platform that focuses on in