AI and the Legal Profession: News

European Commission (10 July 2025)

General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now available

Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (7 May 2025)

Guidelines for the Responsible Use of AI in the Public Service 

Law Society Technology Committee (13 February 2025)

Navigating the EU AI Act: Prohibited AI Systems

European Commission (February 2025)

The Commission publishes guidelines on AI system definition to facilitate the first AI Act’s rules application (6 February 2025)

Commission publishes the Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the AI Act (4 February 2025)

Living repository to foster learning and exchange on AI literacy (4 February 2025)

Law Society Technology Committee (10 December 2024)

Navigating the EU AI Act: ensuring AI literacy in legal practices

EU AI Act published in Official Journal (12 July 2024)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence 

EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act - Council approves new rules on AI (21 May 2024)

Artificial intelligence (AI) act: Council gives final green light to the first worldwide rules on AI (Council of the EU Press Release, 21 May 2024)

• The Council approved a ground-breaking law aiming to harmonise rules on artificial intelligence, the so-called artificial intelligence act. The flagship legislation follows a ‘risk-based’ approach, which means the higher the risk to cause harm to society, the stricter the rules. Read more here

EU leaders give final go-ahead for AI act (Law Society Gazette, 22 May 2024)

United Nations Resolution on AI

General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on artificial intelligence (UN News, 21 March 2024)

• The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a landmark resolution on the promotion of “safe, secure and trustworthy” artificial intelligence (AI) systems that will also benefit sustainable development for all. Read more here

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Living Guidelines on the Responsible use of Generative AI in Research

Guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research developed by the European Research Area Forum (European Commission News, 20 March 2024)

• The Commission, together with the European Research Area countries and stakeholders, has put forward a set of guidelines to support the European research community in their responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Access guidelines here

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EU Artificial Intelligence Act 

Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law (European Parliament News, 13 March 2024)

• European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 March 2024 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). Read more here