The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems are trustworthy, safe and...more
4/1/2025
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The integration of AI in the workplace is revolutionising HR. From recruitment to performance analysis, AI use cases can streamline HR processes and enhance productivity. However, the deployment of AI by employers also brings...more
3/18/2025
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UK
What are we really talking about and what are the legal implications under the EU AI Act?
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to significant opportunities and challenges, especially in the realm of...more
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) entered into force on 1 August 2024. The AI Act establishes a risk-based approach to AI, prohibiting certain practices that are deemed unacceptable, such as social...more
2/6/2025
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Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to conduct Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) by 2 August 2026. In this edition of our “Zooming in on AI” series we explain what this...more
When the AI Act was first proposed by the European Commission in 2021, the concept of “general purpose AI” was nowhere to be found. These rules were introduced during the legislative process to align the AI Act to the...more
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) exemplifies a highly advanced risk-based approach to European regulation. One of its distinguishing features is the detailed classification of various risk levels associated with...more
11/12/2024
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Digital Services ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Transparency
Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to navigate a complex landscape of new obligations by August 2, 2026. In this post we explain the key obligations for providers and deployers of...more
10/30/2024
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector ,
Transparency
AI-driven technology has emerged as a cornerstone of our present and future daily lives, revolutionising the way transactions and interactions are organised.
With the increased use of AI systems, there is also an...more
10/22/2024
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Stakeholder Engagement ,
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One of the key aspects of the EU AI Act (“AI Act”)[1] is linked to the qualification of providers and deployers and the nuances which help distinguish between the two categories of stakeholders. What would this mean in...more
The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) entered into force on 1 August 2024 and is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation. As companies start incorporating AI tools into their business, products...more
EU Regulation 2024/1689, also known as the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), enters into force as of 1 August 2024. But when will it become applicable?
The AI Act sets out a harmonized legal framework for the...more
8/5/2024
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Technology Sector
We are delighted to present our view of the most important developments in EU digital market regulation. We present our perspective on those developments as a snapshot of the current state of regulatory progress, and it will...more
11/8/2023
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Data Protection ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
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With AI we face a combination of accelerating technological development and, depending on the jurisdiction, a greater or lesser degree of legislative intervention.
Artificial intelligence burst into our collective...more
10/4/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Ethics ,
EU ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Machine Learning ,
Misrepresentation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK
How should decisions made by AI be evaluated in a bid to ascertain and attribute legal liability when things go wrong, given we may not be capable of understanding how those decisions were made?
“Unless you obey my...more
Disputes risks are an ever-present part of doing business. Indeed, for some, these risks are built into their business model. They like to move fast and accept they may break some things. Disputes are part of the cost of...more
Read the latest updates on the progress of legislation and regulation in the EU relating to technology, data, digital markets and cybersecurity....more
Cybersecurity continues to be headline-grabbing news, particularly following recent reports of high-profile cyber attacks on a number of major well-known corporations. Conscious of their fiduciary duties, boardrooms of global...more
8/1/2016
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Allen & Overy was delighted to be involved in the recent London Technology Week event called “Health Tech Innovators”.
?Organised by Tech London Advocates, MedCity and DigitalHealth.London, the event brought together...more
The challenge and risks -
The topic of cybersecurity is seldom out of the press these days, occupying the minds of business leaders and politicians alike. From a business perspective, the ideal outcome would be to...more
On 18 December 2015, the agreed text of the Network and Information Security Directive (the NIS Directive) was released. With cybersecurity firmly established as a key business risk, the introduction of specific laws in this...more
After over three years of discussions at many levels, it is now clear that the proposed EU data protection framework will be revised, and that it will be in the form of a Regulation – the General Data Protection Regulation....more
Huge uncertainty has been caused by the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 6 October that the Safe Harbor decision by the European Commission is invalid. Many companies which previously...more
The business model that has served the pharma industry so well for 20 years has become expensive and slow. But digital technology and Big Data, says Filip van Elsen, might help the industry reboot its relationship with...more
Her comment has been echoed by many market participants who have predicted that we are seeing the first wave of large traditional companies leveraging digital platforms and tools to drive growth and innovation. These...more
6/6/2014
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Crowdsourcing ,
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Digital Health ,
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
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