I’ve been thinking a lot about cyberpunk recently for various reasons. Not only have I been re-reading some old classics such as Neuromancer and Snow Crash, but I am starting to see many worrying trends depicted in dystopian novels in everyday life. But perhaps one of the biggest misses from Read more
One of the most challenging aspects of generative AI for legal education has been its potential use in assessment. There have been some polls conducted, and large numbers of students admit to using AI in their assessments. Anecdotally I’ve heard as much from my own students, and while few would Read more
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about one of my favourite science fiction novels: ‘Snow Crash‘ by Neal Stephenson. “Snow Crash” envisions a future world where nation states have unravelled into chaotic, hyper-commercialised landscapes where traditional governmental structures have largely disintegrated. In this world, power is decentralised and fractured among Read more
It’s been a while since we covered the AI authorship debate here at Llama Towers, despite it being one of the first AI legal questions we discussed here nearly 10 years ago (time flies when you’re having fun, eh?). The gap has largely been because everyone’s attention has been centred Read more
Unless you have been in an isolated Yoga retreat for the last week, you will certainly have heard of DeepSeek. This is a new model from a Chinese startup that has taken the tech world by storm, inducing a Sputnik-like panic in the US, and prompting a sudden drop in Read more
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will explore several aspects of AI and copyright and is likely to become a highly contentious issue in the coming months, with a clear clash between the interests of the UK’s creative industries and the government’s aim Read more
I’m on holiday, so I’m not likely to be writing much until next year unless there’s a big development. I’ve been hearing good things about OpenAI’s latest model, so I asked it to write a blog post about AI sentience in my style, and here is the result. It lacks Read more
On October 30 2024, the District Court of Amsterdam decided on a very interesting case about copyright infringement of RSS feeds, and I believe that some of the legal issues involved could prove to be relevant to open legal issues surrounding AI and copyright, particularly about the application of the Read more
We are in the midst of a substantial technological revolution embodied by artificial intelligence, and whilst the technology is frequently overhyped, there is little doubt that it will continue to exert a significant influence on everyday life. Technological developments have been accompanied by lawsuits, policy papers, and even legislative action Read more
On the 20th of October 2024, this blog turned 20 years old. I’ve been both dreading and looking forward to this milestone. On the one hand, this is probably one of the longest single projects I’ve ever undertaken, and it has resulted in a written corpus that I cannot even Read more