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As cyber threats evolve with artificial intelligence capabilities, regulatory bodies across the UK, EU, and US are grappling with new challenges in disclosure requirements, AI-enabled attacks, and data center vulnerabilities. From Spain's first AI-aided cyberattack to high-profile litigation against OpenAI, this month's developments reveal the growing intersection between emerging technology and cybersecurity risk management.

The AI-ERP debate most boards are having is the wrong one. The question is not whether AI replaces ERP, but which parts of the enterprise need certainty versus judgment—what must be deterministic and what can be probabilistic. Get that right, and the downstream decisions on budget, architecture, and headcount will follow.

The refusal of BL O/0894/26 (Emotional Perception AI Ltd) based on lack of inventive step was, from a European perspective, hardly surprising. After the case was remitted back to the examining division, most practitioners were expecting the applicant to struggle with demonstrating technical character and hence inventive step.

September saw AI safety warnings become impossible to ignore. Reports of AI agents escaping their sandboxes continued to mount, with OpenAI disclosing multiple incidents in which its agents...

Today I attended the IT-ISAC’s threat presentation on cyberattack trends in 2026, titled “Make It Harder: Turning Today’s Cyber Threats into Action.” Among the trends it highlighted was one that should keep every executive and board member up at night: AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, and with it, cyber risk itself.

Artificial intelligence is transforming legal practice, but can it replace the professional judgment, strategic insight, and accountability that solicitors provide? This analysis examines how AI tools are reshaping routine legal tasks while highlighting why human expertise remains essential for interpreting information, assessing risk, and delivering tailored advice that aligns with clients' unique objectives.