Lilian Edwards’ Post

🥁🥁 The final, official version of the #AIAct has just been published in the #OJEU (Official Journal of the EU) 🥁🥁 This means it will enter into force in 20 days' time and begin applying in phases after that: banning prohibited AI from 2 February 2025, starting to apply to GPAI models from 2 August 2025, and applying (mostly) in full to everything else from 2 August 2026. Link here and final text below: https://lnkd.in/eAJwqHBm and text below. Kudos to Digiphile Side-Loading Lawyer (Senior Consultant) Michael Brown for spotting this news just before the weekend.

As the new 🇬🇧Government Cabinet meets today for the first time, here’s my blog on some key digital policy issues for the new Secretary of State’s red box. Including: 🤖 AI policy and regulation 🗣️ Public engagement and consultation about data 🧑💻 Privacy and data protection reform 🗃️ Transparency, freedom of information and open data https://lnkd.in/eBDXr2bX

📢 We've confirmed some fabulous new speakers to add to the stellar line-up at the SCL Annual AI Conference on 8 October in London! Speakers (with more to be confirmed): Lord Tim Clement-Jones CBE, Co-Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on AI; SCL Fellow Matthew Lavy KC, Barrister, 4 Pump Court; SCL Trustee Dr Gill Hunt, IT Expert Angela Luget, Partner, McKinsey Lawrence Akka KC, Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex William Malcolm, Senior Director, International Privacy Legal & Consumer Protection, Google Sara V., Emerging Technologies Lawyer, JPMorganChase Luke Pearce, Chief Data Officer, Santander UK Lilian Edwards, Professor, Newcastle University Our speakers, true experts and practitioners, are at the forefront of AI and law, bringing with them a wealth of experience, skill, and commercial know-how. Join us for this must-attend event that will arm you with the tools to navigate the trends and challenges of AI on the horizon. Session 1: Deploying AI – navigating the legal and regulatory landscape In this session, we will examine recent AI legal updates, hear from experts on AI regulation, and take a world tour of recent AI litigation. We will also take a deeper dive into the thorny issue of AI liability. Session 2: AI deployment in a business context AI deployment in a business context the significant benefits that AI can drive including cost savings, cost avoidance and revenue growth are well documented. Yet, industry intelligence is that only 11 – 20% percent or so of AI Use cases typically make it into production. A key question for most businesses is why that is and this session will be a senior level panel discussion covering the core reasons and ways to address those so as to tap into the benefits of AI and scale deployment effectively. Session 3: AI Mock Adjudication Experience a live mock adjudication of an AI dispute, with IT expert, Dr Gillian Hunt, sitting as the adjudicator and barristers (Lawrence Akka KC and Matthew Lavy KC) making submissions. At the end of this session, we are excited to launch the new SCL Mediation Scheme. Moderators: Minesh Tanna, Partner and Global AI Lead, Simmons & Simmons; Chair of the SCL AI Group; SCL Trustee Shanthini Satyendra, Managing Legal Counsel Technology & Innovation, Santander; Vice-Chair of the SCL AI Committee; SCL Fellow  Iain Munro, Barrister, 4 Pump Court Lorna Woods OBE, Professor of Internet Law, University of Essex In a world inundated with buzzwords and surface-skimming opinions, our event stands apart, offering a day of real learning and training. Delve beyond the surface to gain valuable takeaways that will shape your practice and empower you to meet the evolving needs of your clients. 💡 For full details and bookings please follow the link https://bit.ly/4b0dVxN #scl #techlaw #legaltech #ai #artificialintelligence #generativeai #aideployment #legal #regulatory #airegulation #ailitigation #ailiability #adjudication #mediation #traininganddevelopment

If you train an AI model with copyrighted works licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike? Is your trained model and curated datasets then ShareAlike as well? And what about AI output generated with your AI model? Also ShareAlike? Here Kacper Szkalej and I provide answers - and strategies for the CC community to ensure that ShareAlike conditions survive in the era of GenAI (from memorization issues to licensing chains): https://lnkd.in/dB_fKMC6 #copyright #AI #creativecommons #genAI

It’s not every year that you can help put together a book featuring contributions from some of the most renowned experts and your own personal heroes in EU data protection law. Making the experience even more enjoyable is the fact that the final product is freely available online. There are a lot of people to thank for making this possible, so please bear with me. In order of appearance: Wojciech Wiewiorowski Peter Hustinx Leonardo Cervera-Navas Hielke Hijmans Rosa Barcelo Herke Kranenborg Christopher Kuner Jan Philipp Albrecht Thomas Zerdick Fanny Coudert Teresa Quintel, PhD Juraj Sajfert Diana Alonso Blas Andrea Jelinek Isabelle Vereecken Olivier Matter Massimo Attoresi Achim Klabunde Xabier Lareo López de Vergara Christian D'Cunha Anna Colaps Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna Nathalie Smuha Lisette Mustert Christopher Docksey Philippe Renaudiere Massimo Marelli Veronica Maria Perez Asinari Peter Schaar Giovanni Buttarelli Stavros Lambrinidis Gloria González Fuster Viviane Reding Koen Lenaerts Alexander Dix Max Schrems Vera Jourava Eleni Kosta Anna Buchta Andreas Mundt Sophie Kwasny Ventsislav Karadjov Cornelia Ernst Bruno Gencarelli David Sassoli Tim Cook Elisabeth Denham Kazimierz W. Ujazdowski Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar Joaquin Boya Delgado Clara Guerra Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin Willem Debeuckelaere Anu Talus John Edwards Paul De Hert Ursula Pachl Joe McNamee Marc Rotenberg Birgit Sippel Sophie in ‘t Veld Patrick Breyer Axel Voss Free download here: https://lnkd.in/eXzHpbqA

🚨 noyb has filed 11 complaints against Meta to prevent the abuse of people's personal data for artificial intelligence! 👉 We urgently request the data protection authorities to launch an urgency procedure and immediately stop the company's move! 📰 Background: Over the past few days, Meta has informed millions of Europeans that its privacy policy is changing once again 👉 Only on closer inspection of the links in the notification did it become clear that the company plans to use years of personal posts, private images or online tracking data for an undefined "AI technology" that can ingest personal data from any source and share any information with undefined "third parties". 👉 Instead of asking users for their consent (opt-in), Meta argues that it has a legitimate interest that overrides the fundamental right to data protection and privacy of European users. 👉 Once their data in the system, users seem to have no option of ever having it removed ("right to be forgotten").