If you have ever asked how does AI works, the short answer is simple: AI works by finding patterns in data and using those patterns to make predictions, decisions, or generate new outputs. It does not think like a human. It processes inputs, applies learned patterns, and produces a result based on how the system
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UK: ICO Report on Automated Decision-Making in Recruitment
Organisations increasingly use AI-enabled tools throughout the recruitment process. These tools screen CVs, score suitability, run online assessments, and analyse behaviour. They can speed up hiring and may help reduce the human bias found in traditional recruitment. However, their use often clashes with data protection rules that limit decisions based only on automated processing. On…
UK Financial Services Regulators’ Approach to Artificial Intelligence in 2026
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) continues to reshape the UK financial services landscape in 2026, with consumers increasingly relying on AI-driven tools for financial guidance and firms deploying more autonomous systems across their businesses.
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) and Bank of England (“BoE”) (together “the Regulators”) have consistently signalled that AI will…
Do you think AI lies, cheats, and steals?
Computerworld.com reported that “You can’t trust AI. … Even an information-obsessed, tech-savvy person such as yourself might be forgiven for believing that AI chatbots are on a smooth path of improvement with each passing month. But when it comes to their trustworthiness, that belief is dead wrong.” The April 3, 2026 article entitled “Why AI lies,…
AI in the Crosshairs: New Guidance From FINRA and Treasury
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) (as part of a public-private partnership) have recently issued guidance regarding the use of AI by the financial services industry. This alert summarizes certain AI-related updates from the 2026 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”), and the Treasury…
AI in Discovery: Some Tools Are Ready. Others Are Not.
Every year brings a new legal-technology miracle. In 2026, the most aggressively promoted one may be “AI for discovery.” If you have attended even a single conference lately, you have heard the pitch. AI will slash review costs. AI will eliminate drudgery. AI will—apparently any day now—fetch your coffee. That last claim remains unproven.
What…
Data Governance for Healthcare AI: Building Trust Through Transparency
As Artificial Intelligence transitions from a futuristic concept to a daily clinical tool, the focus of healthcare leadership has shifted. It is no longer enough to have a powerful algorithm; the success of AI now hinges on the integrity of the data that fuels it. For AI to be effective in a clinical setting, it…
The Future of Law Education How AI is Transforming Law Schools
Analysis of law schools teaching AI
LawNext Podcast: Learned Hand’s Shlomo Klapper on Why Courts Are the Next Frontier for Legal AI
Are courts the next frontier for legal AI? Shlomo Klapper, founder and CEO of the AI-driven judicial case-preparation platofrm Learned Hand, believes they are. A former litigator at Quinn Emanuel and law clerk for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Klapper is building what he calls a “reasoning engine” for judges — AI tools designed to…
The Agentic Evolution: Autonomous Finance is Here with Anant Kale
In my time as a technologist and futurist, I’ve seen plenty of disruptions. In the past that’s code for a slightly faster spreadsheet. But today, we are talking about a shift that feels less like a software update and more like a biological evolution of the enterprise.
We’ve moved past the era where AI was…