Earlier this year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an update to its initial report on AI foundation models which presented the CMA’s findings on key changes in the foundation model sector and included stakeholder feedback. (Our thoughts on the initial September 2023 report, which provides a summary…
The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) represents the most recent effort to reform the UK’s data protection landscape, introducing changes aimed at simplifying compliance and enhancing regulatory flexibility. The DUA Bill has three stated core objectives: (i) improving public services, (ii) growing the economy, and (iii) making people’s…
Google recently unveiled its latest AI-integrated search engine—and the internet didn’t hold back, roasting it for suggesting recipes like glue-infused pizza sauce and recommending rocks as a nutritious snack. The tech giant’s AI bot could scrape the web’s boundless resources and serve up answers, but apparently, it couldn’t tell sincerity…
The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) on August 27, 2024, a measure aimed at enhancing transparency in AI training and development. If signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, developers of generative AI systems or services that are made available to Californians would be required to…
In a landmark moment for global AI governance, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have signed the Council of Europe’s framework convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (the “Convention”), the first legally binding international treaty on AI. The agreement marks a…
On July 25, 2024, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint statement describing potential risks related to banks’ deposit arrangements with fintechs and other third parties. The agencies also published…
As part of NIST’s recent mandate to formalize AI Testing set forth in President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on AI, NIST recently released a testbed called Dioptra that can be utilized to conduct evaluations to assess AI developers’ claims about their systems’ performance. Dioptra helps users identify attacks that would…
In light of the increasing organizational use of and reliance on software and the concerns raised regarding the malicious use of the same, the UK Government has published a response to its call for views on software resilience and security for businesses and organizations. (See here for details of the…
More than two decades in, cloud computing is no longer a technology that requires a herald or proselytizer. What began with government agencies and then financial institutions seeking expanded storage solutions and an alternative to enterprise applications anchored to physical locations has matured into a cornerstone of many services the…
Reliability, security, and legal compliance. These are assurances that customers purchasing technology products expect from their providers, and which are often required as part of the contracts for such products. AI Providers, however, are lagging in their willingness to contractually commit to such assurances, let alone deliver in practice. Thus,…