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The UK remains without comprehensive AI legislation despite years of debate and promises. Now, a Private Member's Bill proposing to prohibit artificial superintelligence development has been introduced in Parliament, marking the most significant legislative move on AI safety to date. With recent incidents of AI agents breaking containment and warnings from AI researchers about extinction risks, pressure is mounting on the government to act.

As AI labs call for industry slowdowns and governments grapple with regulatory responses, a critical question emerges: can current frameworks keep pace with rapidly advancing frontier models and the growing risks they pose? From Anthropic's CEO proposing coordinated safety measures to the UK's Joint Committee demanding AI-specific legislation, the regulatory landscape is reaching a pivotal moment that could reshape how artificial intelligence is governed globally.

Enabling seamless omnichannel shopping – the integration of digital and physical customer touchpoints – remains the preferred strategy among global retailers as the behaviours of the pandemic persist and shopping habits are permanently changed.

On March 12, 2021, United Kingdom's (UK) Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden announced the UK's forthcoming National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy as he set out his Ten Tech Priorities.

This judgment confirms the view long held by the European Commission and set out in the new vertical restraints guidelines that "every distributor must be allowed to use the internet to sell products".

"You cannot play God then wash your hands of the things that you've created. Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore." (Adama, Battlestar Galactica)

Now that the consultation period for the draft SORP has come to a close, charities of all sizes are looking to understand the impact on their operations and future strategy.

Electronic Reverse Auctions "eRA" are a procurement methodology using a secure internet platform to enable competing suppliers to bid in real time for specific contracts. Sarah Staines explains the process and identifies the legal issues.

The accelerated adoption of electronic signatures and embracing of technological document solutions has not removed the need for a witness to be physically present… yet.

A major review published by the World Health Organisation threw the spotlight once again on the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the ongoing misuse of antibiotics around the world.

When you hear the term ‘smart cities' you may initially picture the utopian metropolises of your favourite sci-fi epic. However, smart cities are much further from fiction and much closer...

The European Commission has moved a step closer to adopting tougher anti-trust rules on technology licensing and has launched a public consultation on these.

On an interim injunction application to restrain an alleged threat of infringement proceedings, the High Court held in Quads 4 Kids v Campbell that that the submission of an enforcement request through eBay’s Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program could constitute a groundless threat of infringement proceedings of Community Designs.

Desktop computers, laptops, personal digital assistants, mobile phones…these are just a few of the many sources of electronic data which are common place in today’s technologically advanced world. In this article we consider the impact that electronically generated data is having on disclosure in the course of commercial litigation, we review a party’s obligations and opportunities under the Civil Procedure Rule

The 2002 E-Commerce Regulations provide a number of exemptions to internet service providers (ISPs) for all liability, including where the ISPs are acting as hosts or mere-conduits, or where they cache data.

Organisations deploying agentic AI face a critical challenge: humans are poor supervisors who lose focus and rubber-stamp outputs. As AI agents evolve from apprentices to autonomous employees, businesses must engineer robust oversight architectures rather than rely on good intentions. The question is no longer whether to use agentic AI, but how to govern it responsibly while protecting against both internal risks and external agents interacting with your systems.