Natasha Tardif provides an in-depth analysis of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The discussion is designed to clarify the main challenges and implications of this landmark regulation, which is set to have a significant impact on the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence across Europe and beyond.
Hey there Legal Rebels! 👋 I’m excited to share with you the 30th episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think you’re going to enjoy this one!If you want to understand how regulatory
At the AI+ Science Summit in Washington, D.C., the session titled “Case Study – AI+ Materials Science” brought together distinguished experts to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping materials science, from accelerating discovery to tackling long-standing industrial challenges. Moderated by Jake Yeston, Editor at Science magazine, this conversation featured James “Jim” Warren, Director of the Materials Genome Project at
This week, we welcome longtime friend and legal tech veteran Ken Crutchfield, founder of Spring Forward Consulting. Ken brings his extensive experience from major legal information vendors like Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, and Wolters Kluwer into a timely and candid discussion about the current phase of artificial intelligence in the legal industry. Comparing today’s
Too many books today are getting it all wrong about the risks of AI. Many vendors and dreamers are telling us there is no risk. It’s all going to be peachy and positive. Others are screeching that AI will inevitably lead to the Apocalypse.Richard Susskind gets it right. His new book, How To Think About
Richard Susskind’s new book How to Think About AI: A Guide for the Perplexed suggests three ways AI might change the workplace–and which one to worry about. He distinguishes three concepts:
Okay, so you probably read the title to this one and you’re either (a) intrigued, or (b) not reading this sentence. 😂The butter knife part caught your attention, didn’t it? Or maybe it was the idea that the legal profession, our noble, centuries-old institution, might be living with the professional equivalent of a broken bathtub
As one of my clients used to say when we discussed strategy for a case, “let’s be careful lest we find ourselves in a closet talking to ourselves too much”. Meaning, of course, you need to have divergent voices in the room from time to time to ensure the best outcomes.
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The EU AI Act’s phased implementation continues: from 2 August 2025, the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI (GPAI) will enter into force (and become enforceable in respect of any new GPAI models in August 2026 and for existing GPAI models in August 2027). This milestone follows the recent publication of (non-binding) guidelines[1] developed