Stephenson Harwood | The Neural Network – July 2024

Welcome to the first edition of the Neural Network. The Neural Network is Stephenson Harwood’s monthly round-up of developments in AI, covering three key areas relevant to professionals working in the AI space:

1. New regulation and public body updates;
2. Enforcement and litigation; and
3. Updates and case studies on the use of AI technology.

In this edition, we look at key AI developments from June and July 2024. We examine the final text of the EU AI Act that was recently published and will come into force on 1 August 2024, the UK AI Bill that will be included in this week’s King’s Speech (including the AI aspects of the Labour Party manifesto for clues on what to expect), and we provide updates on the suspension of Meta’s proposed AI training updates across several jurisdictions, and Colorado’s AI Act.

In AI enforcement and civil litigation news, Clearview AI settled its US privacy class action, the EU Commission prepared to launch an antitrust investigation into the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft, two AI music startups were sued by top record labels for copyright infringement in the US and the Court of Appeal considered whether an invention incorporating an Artificial Neural Network was eligible for patent protection.

In technology developments, Apple debuted its new AI functionality but postponed EU rollout due to privacy concerns and OpenAI’s former chief scientist launched a new AI company focused on the development of safe AI.

AI developments from prior months can be found in our data protection newsletter.

The full newsletter can be found here.

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