Shout out for the fab Strathclyde Law School and all the other departments/institutes in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences!

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

There's still time to join the LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow! Check out our experiential learning opportunities and scholarships www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

A fantastic scholarship opportunity for mature students at @lawstrath.bsky.social 👇 When choosing your course, please consider our LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation

Hi Bluesky folks, I've been away for 8 months (I'm a dad now!), what did I miss in the law, technology and innovation space? Not much I'm sure😂

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

I have stopped being active on X/Twitter for a while, but what a joy I feel now that I have finally deactivated it and deleted all data. I don't want in any way contribute to the empire a Fascist transphobic elitist billionaire. How are folks finding Bluesky? Current plan is to use this + LinkedIn.

But by all means, let's add an "AI summary" that's often useless rubbish to every Google search result at a huge emissions cost. Seems worth it. Killing the world for the dumbest possible bullshit: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Now what is the most essential for doing a PhD is to find a good bitching partner. Someone who is at the same level of meanness and gossip, cause if the other is too mean, or too soft, it will not work. Absolutely critical for survival #phdsky #academicsky

Join our next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Hybrid Seminar where Dan McQuillan will present the talk, ‘Responsible AI Means Decomputing’. 📅 Wed 23rd Oct 2024 ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 @inspacegallery.bsky.social / Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/3XZMQGj

After a day talking about This Kind Of Thing, another reason for students not to use ChatGPT etc - copyright law.

Can students claim AI-generated output as their own intellectual creation? Do students expose themselves to liability for copyright infringement when using GenAI output? Check out our computational analysis of the AI policies of UK universities copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/09/19/c...

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #588,736! #achievements #success #cosechipampine #cosedicapriccio #semuricchienudduusapi

The EU AI Act has left out the most important area of law for responsible AI to become a reality. Check out "Can there be responsible AI without AI liability? Incentivizing generative AI safety through ex-post tort liability under the EU AI liability directive" (w L Bezerra) doi.org/10.1093/ijli...

Can you help stop a potential digital Windrush scandal? The Home Office's new e-Visa system might prevent people who have the right to be in the UK from proving their status action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-m...

It's here - the Legal Design Journal. Volume 1: Issue 1. legaldesign-journal.com 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

Had a great time in Helsinki, where I got to speak at the launch of the book "Promoting Sustainable Innovation and the Circular Economy Legal and Economic Aspects" edited By Ole-Andreas Rognstad, Taina Pihlajarinne, Jukka Mähönen for Routledge ♥️🇫🇮kiitos🙏 www.routledge.com/Promoting-Su...

1 week to go! Some places remaing, we promise food for throught, food, wine, and your non-alcoholic beverage of choice! Register at the link below (free registration)

Join us on 2nd September for a talk on "AI credit scoring and consumer protection in credit markets within the European law framework" by Dr Giuseppe Marino (University of Palermo) hosted by Strathclyde Law School & Scottish Society for Computers and Law www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sscl-ai-cr...

Happy to share "Marxism and the Law in a ‘Smart’ World", written for the ALTI Forum. A Marxist approach to tech demands that we all join in the fight & create/sustain alliances for a more just cyber-physical world ✊ alti.amsterdam/marxism-and-...

#MeetTheLecturer continues. A key elective module of the new LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation will be "IP, Commerce and Innovation" and it will be taught by Quentin B. Schäfer, an expert in the IP-Competition interface and the regulation of AI www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

#MeetTheLecturer Dr Birgit Schippers is a pillar of the new LLM/MSc Law Tech & Innovation. An expert in the impact of AI on human rights, democracy & rule of law, she'll teach the core module ‘Regulating Technology’ & elective '‘Human Rights and Digital Technologies’ www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

#CallForAbstracts Alexander Schuster & I are editing a special issue on "Non-binary identities and the Law" for the top law journal GenIUS to advance our understanding of issues affecting #enby people & improve their legal protections. Check out call at guidonotoladiega.wordpress.com/2024/06/14/c...

Today!

New SCOTLIN event! Come to Strathclyde Law School on 10th June for a #RightToRepair event featuring none other than Leanne Wiseman and @mooseabyte.bsky.social. Room capacity is limited, register now: 👩‍🔧🔧🤖👩‍⚖️ forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Italy's AI Bill: the Data Protection Authority (Garante) wanted to become the AI Authority, but the Gov gave the role to 2 non-independent bodies: the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) & National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) www.technologyslegaledge.com/2024/05/ital...

Italy's AI Bill would amend the Copyright Act to clarify that only "human" authorship matters and AI-aided works are protected if the "human contribution is creative, meaningful, and demonstrable". Will the CJEU quash them as "originality" alone would no longer suffice?

The European Intellectual Property Review's AI issue is out! Happy to see "Generative AI, education, and copyright law: an empirical study of policymaking in UK universities" (with KU Leuven's Dr Christof Koolen). Thanks to Paul Crick and the EIPR team for having us! uk.westlaw.com/Document/I4E...

Wanting to apply for an MSc/LLM Law, Technlogy and Innovation? #MeetTheLecturer Dr Adam Harkens, an expert in public law and algorithmic decision-making in the UK and Europe, his module for the LLM/MSc is "Law, power, and accountability in the algorithmic society" www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

Would you like to apply to join Strathclyde Law School's new exciting LLM/MSc in Law, Technology & Innovation? COur scholarship opportunities apply to EU & international students. E.g. there are the EU Engagement Scholarships worth £10,000 available to EU applicants www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Liberty's guide to the law on protests at universities in England and Wales www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_infor...

Today's lawyers must understand how technology works. That's why the new LLM/MSc Law, Technology and Innovation includes new multidisciplinary modules: "Coding for lawyers and legal applications" & "Statistics and machine learning for lawyers and legal application"😍 www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

#NewJob announcement 📣 From 1st August, I'll move to the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, as Professor of Law, Technology & Innovation and Director of the new namesake LLM/MSc. Check it out at the link 🔽 Can't wait to join this thriving community! www.strath.ac.uk/courses/post...

Check out BILETA's Response to ICO’s Generative AI First Call for Evidence: The Lawful Basis for Web Scraping to Train Generative AI Models, authored by me, Dr Edina Harbinja (Aston), and Dr Katie Nolan (Ulster) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #GenAI #GDPR #dataprotection #legitimateinterest

Just been asked by "Magnate View Magazine" to be put on their cover as one of 5 "Leaders Shaping the Landscape of 2024" for just $799USD! #covergirl

It was fun to host a #LegalDesign workshop at the University of Stirling! I'm thankful to Rossana Ducato for facilitating it, Ben Clubbs Coldron for doing the heavy lifting in organising it & AHRC+DFG for funding it. Check out our "From Smart Tech to Smart Law" project www.stir.ac.uk/about/facult...

It's always a thrill to start a new research project 😍 If you have written / read a good publication about the AI Liability Directive (NOT the AI Act), please do send them my way. I'm particularly interested to see whether the Directive is fit for GenAI, and whether it can make GenAI safe.

The UK Government is looking to use distributed ledger technologies and blockchain for government services. My key recommendations for Lord Holmes can be found in this blog post guidonotoladiega.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/d...

Our paper about GenAI, copyright, and education - based on the computational analysis of nearly 200 FOI responses - wil appear in the AI issue of the top law journal European Intellectual Property Review (written with Christof Koolen, KU Leuven) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 😍 #ChatGPT #law #IP

This is genuinely huge news, and it will have a beneficial impact in a number of places. Well done on the American Psychological Association, here, doing what they can to protect trans people.

Check out our latest publication about sustainable patent governance for sustainable AI. Had the best of times collaborating with these early career colleagues! www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

Greece legalized same-sex marriage on Thursday, becoming the first Orthodox Christian country to do so. The country’s Parliament also extended equal parental rights to same-sex couples. nyti.ms/3T02d0d

Do you want to do a fully funded PhD in AI? Join the Just AI Lab to support the just transition to socially just, trustworthy, responsible, open, inclusive & sustainable AI. All the relevant information is in this blog post. Please circulate widely 😎 👾 guidonotoladiega.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/f...

Come to Scotland for an exciting funded PhD about AI for the common good, join the Just AI Lab! More info at www.stir.ac.uk/research/res... #PhD #fundedPhD #PhDscholarship #AI #JustAILab

European parliament and EU Member States agree law on right to repair products www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Quali i punti salienti e le criticita' del nuovo regolamento UE sull'Intelligenza Artificiale ("AI Act")? Quali sono i prossimi passaggi? Ne ho parlato a Progress (Sky TG24) con Alberto Giuffrè e Alessandro Piva video.sky.it/news/tecnolo... #AIA #AIAct #EUAIAct #AILAW

Riders must access the algorithm, trade secrets provide no defence for gig economy platform Glovo. This ruling by the Court of Turin in Italy shows that through collective resistance - the action was brought by trade unions - we can tackle the power imbalance in the tech-dominated world we live in ✊️

More UK researchers leave for EU grants: over 50 ERC winners have now left the UK 😠 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Can you remember when Italy "banned" ChatGPT last year? Today, after a long investigation, Italy's data protection authority (Garante) has notified OpenAI that ChatGPT processed data in a way that is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). OpenAI has 30 days to lodge its defence.

Gaza Emergency appeal: please donate to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the largest humanitarian organisation in the Gaza Strip. Needed now more than ever! donate.unrwa.org/one-time/~my...