Scrape, scrape, scrape away

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible artificial intelligence (AI) consultants summarise the UK government’s consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence and consider the implications of the proposed copyright reforms for rights holders.

Scraping together a lawful basis

As the Information Commissioner’s Office consults on the lawful basis for web scraping by AI developers to train generative AI models under the UK GDPR, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection and artificial intelligence (AI) consultants comment on the issues arising and share their consultation response.

Nicola Cain1 March 2024Data Protection, Personal Data, Data Privacy, UK GDPR, GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, General Data Protection Regulation, ARTICLE 6 UK GDPR, Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR, Legitimate Interests, Legitimate Interests Assessment, Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, Consultation, Consultation Response, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Generative AI, Generative Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Web Scraping, AI Training, AI Training Data, Intellectual Property Office, IPO, A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, Voluntary code of practice on copyright and AI, Sir Patrick Vallance, Pro-Innovation Regulation for Digital Technologies Review, House of Lords Communications & Digital Committee, Report on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, Data Mining, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, AI Regulation, Joint statement on data scraping and data protection, Data scraping, Generative AI & Data ProtectionComment

AI regulation in the UK: in out in out shake it all about

Handley Gill’s consultants analyse the Government’s response to its consultation on the White Paper ‘A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, published on 06 February 2024, and its implications for AI developers and UK creators, business and the public, identifying the steps the Government has committed to take.

Nicola Cain6 February 2024AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, Department for Science Innovation & Technology, AI Governance, AI Regulation, AI Risk, AI Risk Assessment, AI Safety, EU AI Act, AI Act, AI Regulation White Paper, House of Lords Communications & Digital Committee, Large Language Models & Generative AI, Large Language Models, LLMs, Generative AI, Ofcom, Information Commissioner's Office, Information Commissioner, ICO, EHRC, Equality and Human Rights Commission, CMA, Competition & Markets Authority, Digital Markets Competition & Consumers Bill, Data Protection & Digital Information Bill, DPDI Bill, Data Protection, Discrimination, Bias, Cyber Security, Ofsted, Office for Product Safety & Standards, AI Regulatory Principles, 5 AI Regulatory Principles, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, CDEI, Responsible Technology Adoption Unit, Employment Law, HR, Human Resources, Recruitment, Automated Processing, Automated Decision Making, Safety Security & Robustness, Appropriate transparency and explainability, Fairness, Accountability & Governance, Contestability and redress, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR, Misinformation, Disinformation, Online Safety Act 2023, AI Management Essentials Scheme, AI Security, AI Safety Institute, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998Comment

AI acceleration

Handley Gill’s specialist AI and data protection consultants summarise the House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee’s report on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, which calls on the government to act at pace to address the real and immediate risks posed by artificial intelligence.

The Bill with the Holes?

Handley Gill’s consultants consider the new Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, which would establish the AI Authority, impose a requirement to make regulations on AI Responsible Officers (AIROs) and impose notification and compliance obligations in relation to training data.

Nicola Cain26 November 2023Artificial Intelligence, AI, AI Regulation, Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, HL Bill 11 2023-24, Artificial Intelligence Authority, AI Authority, Artificial Intelligence Responsible Officer, AI Responsible Officer, AIRO, AI Officer, AI Auditor, AI Audit, Regulatory Sandbox, AI Training, AI Training Data, Personal Data, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, IP, IPR, Informed Consent, Lord Holmes of Richmond, House of Commons Science Innovation & Technology Committee, Department for Science Innovation & Technology, DSIT, Secretary of State for Science Innovation & Technology, AI Risk Assessment Framework, AI Risk Assessment, AIRA, AI White Paper, A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, AI Guardrails, AI Transparency, AI Explainability, AI Fairness, AI Accountability, AI Governance, AI Safety, AI Contestability, AI Bias, AI Disctimination, Privacy, Misuse of Private Information, Equality Act 2010, Bletchley DeclarationComment

Handley Gill Limited