25 Jul, 2024 Smart machines: UK announces strategy for success By Chris Holder The Robotics Growth Partnership (RGP), an independent expert committee set up by HM Government in 2019, recently released its ‘Strategy...
04 Jul, 2024 The EU AI Act as product safety legislation – lessons from the world of medical devices By Alex Denoon An AI system is classified as “high-risk”, the AI Act imposes significant requirements on the provider in order for it to place the...
21 Feb, 2024 Will it be possible to lawfully test an AI Medical Device? By Alex Denoon A brief analysis of the interaction between the proposed AI Act and the MDR The AI Act continues to contain a concerning flaw as regards...
11 Dec, 2023 EU’s AI Act crosses the finishing line By Chris Holder Vik Khurana Charlie Hawes Very late on Friday (8 December) evening the EU Commission, Parliament and Council concluded their epic trilogue negotiation on the EU’s...
04 Dec, 2023 The EU’s AI Act - cliff hanger or cliff edge? By Charlie Hawes On Wednesday this week (6 December) a final crunch meeting between policy makers in Brussels will be a make or break moment for the EU’s...
30 Nov, 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence By Chris Holder Naomi Foale It has been a few weeks since President Biden issued an Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (the Executive Order). For those who...
02 Nov, 2023 Tech M&A podcast: First two episodes now available By Julia Cockroft Chris Devlin Jamie Hatzel Sophie Rees +1 more... Show less In line with the UK’s bid to become a global leader in innovation, we are seeing an increased focus on deals driven by pioneering...
26 Oct, 2023 The AI Safety Summit - what can we expect from this global gathering? By Chris Holder The UK is hosting the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 1st and 2nd, with the aim of bringing together key countries,...
04 Aug, 2023 AI – an issue of ‘national security’? By Chris Devlin How the National Security and Investment Act 2021 could impede transactions involving companies 'active' in Artificial Intelligence The...
27 Jul, 2023 Top AI firms sign up to White House voluntary commitments By Vik Khurana Last Friday (21 July 2023), the White House announced it has obtained eight voluntary commitments on AI from Amazon, Anthropic, Google,...
29 Jun, 2023 The CMA puts AI under the microscope By Sophie Lawrance Charlie Hawes Antonia Kendrick The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently consulted on its decision to carry out an initial review of the AI market. The CMA...
08 Jun, 2023 Has the response to developments in AI technology reached peak hysteria? By Chris Holder On the 5 June, the lead article in the Times reported that "AI systems could kill many humans within two years" and was attributed to...