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Michael Greco of Fisher Phillips shares his tips for how to avoid cyber breaches of liability with autonomous vehicles.

A research project looking at how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the way we live in the future has offered fresh insights into technologies that could be available in the next six years.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, announced that Stephanie Vaughan is joining the company as Global Legal AI Practice Director for iManage RAVN.

In April 2019, the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on artificial intelligence ("AI") presented its ethics guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence (the "AI Guidelines"). Building on the work of the group of independent experts appointed in June 2018, the Commission has launched a pilot phase to ensure that the ethical guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and use can be implemented in practice.

FISCAL Technologies, a global provider of a forensic and artificial intelligence (AI) powered P2P Risk Management Platform, announced a new partnership with Advanced, the UK’s third largest provider of business software and services.

The proliferation of APIs catalysed by digital transformation initiatives is viewed as a virtual goldmine by hackers, who are hijacking tokens, cookies and keys, as well as targeting weaknesses in individual APIs.

The copyright implications of artificial intelligence generated art.

In February, leading UK insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM LLP, officially adopted iManage RAVN Extract to capture data from its documents to analyse and make accurate predictions around claims outcomes.

The future of robot development could begin to move in a new direction after AI experts met with researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) to discuss the industry.

In a new feature looking at the robotics landscape of the major jurisdictions in the field, RLJ takes a look at Switzerland. From drones and “killer robots” to ethics and robotic bankers, the Swiss are establishing a significant reputation for tackling the field in all its dimensions.

The UK has taken the official position to not promote the deployment of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS), although its definition of AWS leaves open the possibility of developing such weapons. International pressure groups, such as the Campaign Against Killer Robots implore countries across the globe to take a firmer stance on the issue, and are appealing to the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

In the legal sector, 2018 saw artificial intelligence (AI) climb to the top of many law firms’ agenda, driven by the lure of the business benefits this new technology potentially offers alongside organisations’ perceived need to “innovate.”

A House of Commons summit has thrown the spotlight on how British businesses need to educate themselves on intellectual property (IP) and how it can help them succeed in a tough economic climate – or if Britain leaves the EU.

Graduate students in the United Kingdom are to learn to develop “ethical” artificial intelligence with the help of the Church of England as part of a range of higher degrees in the technology supported by more than £200 million of public and industry funding.

It was the largest disruption to air travel since the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull descended upon the country in April 2010. Military assistance was called in, with some reports that it would be using Drone Dome, an Israeli counter-drone system. In the end, it was confirmed that an alternative system had been used in its place, as Drone Dome had not yet been delivered.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, announced that experienced product development expert, Alex Smith, is joining the company as Global Product Management Lead for iManage RAVN.

Private UK based artificial intelligence pioneer, Massive Analytic Limited, has won a Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition to investigate the application of its patented leading edge AI technology, Artificial Precognition, to identify new ways to enable defence and security forces to effectively conduct electromagnetic (EM) operations across multiple domains.

By Tony Pepper, CEO, Egress Software Technologies.

The European Union (EU) is set to begin a pilot programme to protect national borders using artificial intelligence (AI). Dubbed iBorderCTRL and branded as an AI-powered lie detector, it will require passengers to upload pictures of their passport, visa, and proof of funds, before answering a series of questions to a webcam.

By Jim Close, Regional Vice President, UK and Ireland, Kofax.