Last year, perhaps more notably than ever before, the leak of the 13.4 million documents that revealed the hidden wealth of the world’s richest and the operations of the offshore financial system – dubbed the Paradise Papers – highlighted the cybersecurity vulnerability of law firms.
A study conducted by The Business Research Company, examining the Legal Services Market in 2018.
While the debate rages on over how to test and integrate autonomous vehicles and whether they will truly be safer, the insurance sector is preparing for the creation of a new and changed insurance market.
Mobile data forensics company MSAB has announced a new partnership with Kovar and Associates to expand the drone forensics capabilities offered by MSAB. David Kovar, the president and founder of Kovar & Associates, is a leading expert on drone forensics and he will serve as a subject matter expert and consultant to MSAB.
On 2-3 May 2018, representatives of 11 different organisations (from academia, industry, civil society, standards bodies, and ethics committees) from six European countries met in Brussels to launch the EU-funded SHERPA project which will examine how smart information systems (SIS), (i.e., the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics) impact ethics and human rights.
Resources Global Professionals (RGP), a global consulting firm and operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: RECN), announced a strategic alliance with WonderBotz LLP, a market leading Robotics Process Automation (RPA) services firm.
In 2015, the issue of a non-human claiming copyright ownership erupted across the world when PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) launched a lawsuit against a photographer for the rights to a “monkey selfie”. Now, a US court has ruled that only humans can own copyright.
The number of new patents filed for technology related to drones has hit a new high of 5,301 in 2016/17, up 327% from 1,242 the year before, and up from just 174 five years ago, as competition between manufacturers escalates, says Thomson Reuters.
Law firms continue to experience increased competition from within and outside the legal sector as legal work becomes commoditised. Additionally, in-house counsels are under more pressure to demonstrate value to their organisation. Against this backdrop, artificial intelligence technology is helping organisations make best use of data to assess their legal obligations and risk, freeing up legal staff to perform more high value tasks.
In what is becoming a hyper-competitive industry, the fortunes of premier drone manufacturers DJI and GoPro are in stark contrast. American company GoPro has announced its plans to exit the business citing competitiveness of the sector as well as increasing regulation. Meanwhile, despite recent concerns over security, Chinese company DJI has confirmed its place as a leader in the market with its latest product.
The fierce pace of technology disruption is forcing companies to innovate via M&A to avoid being left behind. Hampleton Partners highlights increased private equity activity against a cyclical downward trend in deal volumes and value.
Last year, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) released a report called Ethically Aligned Design, written with the purpose of advancing the discussion of how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems (AI/AS) can be aligned to moral values and ethical considerations that prioritise human wellbeing. The organisation opened it up to commentary and feedback from the public.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced that it has received US State Department approval to market its Mako High Performance Jet Tactical Unmanned Aerial System to certain European and Asia Pacific region countries.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have released a report titled “Workforce of the Future” based on research dating back to 2007 examining trends in the workplace and insights into what the future workforce will look like.
New research from Osborne Clarke explores impact of major tech trends across key property asset classes.
The United Nations’ Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) met for the first time in November 2017, after their summer meeting was cancelled. They met for five days to open discussions on weapons systems that have the ability to identify and destroy targets entirely without human control. Such Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) are said to be almost ready for deployment, driving the need to legislate their use and set international standards.
Thales, a leader in critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security, announces new research revealing the security concerns UK consumers associate with connected devices, including cars.
TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, has launched AirborneUTM, a Service Enablement Platform for unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs).
When artificial intelligence creates or assists in the creation of copyrightable work, various different issues surrounding intellectual property rights and authorship arise. A team of lawyers from Istanbul-based firm ELIG examine the topic.
“I taught an AI to empathise” is not a phrase one uses every day, but that’s exactly what the Deep Empathy program offers. A collaboration led by Scalable Cooperation at MIT Media Lab, and influenced by UNICEF Innovation, it seeks to pursue a scalable way to increase empathy.
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