ARTICLE · 25 SEPTEMBER 2023

Technology & Digital Round-Up: 22 September 2023

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Welcome to our latest Technology & Digital round-up of legal and non-legal tech-related news stories.

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Welcome to our latest Technology & Digital round-up of legal and non-legal tech-related news stories. This edition covers: the latest on AI governance; a new online safety law; a flurry of ICO guidance; and much more.

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"Unsurprisingly, in this month's edition of the Technology & Digital round-up a lot of the focus is on the future of AI governance as we approach the first global AI safety summit which we now know takes place here in the UK on 1 and 2 November. We're also about to see the much-discussed Online Safety Bill become law. Aimed in particular at protecting children, it includes other provisions such as tackling online fraud. Tech companies are concerned about powers requiring them to scan encrypted messages, with Signal's president already indicating it would leave if "forced to build a backdoor". – Luke Jackson

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