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AWO’s Algorithm Governance Roundup is out. This month we spoke with Dr Paul Bouchaud at @aiforensics.org about their audit of Grok which charted the rapid rise of sexualised deepfakes generated on X and Grok Imagine.👇
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AWO’s Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month, we spoke to Daniel Leufer @djleufer.bsky.social about how the AI Omnibus could weaken fundamental rights safeguards in the AI Act.👇
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AWO’s Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Bram Vranken @corporateeurope.org about mapping industry influence on the AI Act, the AI standardisation process which has "run into serious trouble" & its complaint to the EU Ombudsman.👇
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📣 Producers and developers: this should help you consider how you can use generative AI ethically and sustainably
📣 Creatives and representatives: this should help you make sure you are not leaving value on the table
Get in touch with alex.lawrencearcher@awo.legal for more
👩⚖️ Key themes include:
• When Article 9 UK GDPR is engaged
• Why legitimate interests and “contractual necessity” are often unsafe legal bases
• The limits of historic waivers
• How data subject rights can be used strategically by performers and their reps
🎬 The note looks at how UK data protection law applies where performers’ voices, faces, likenesses or bodies are used to train or deploy generative AI — including digital replicas — and how those issues interact with performers’ rights under the CDPA, passing off, and EU duties.
📚 New publication
AWO solicitor Alex Lawrence-Archer has contributed a new practice note for Thomson Reuters Practical Law: “Generative AI training and performers’ data: UK GDPR and adjacent law”
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Ada are planning more work on the issue, including recommendations for reform. An event - hosted by Ada - on 10 December is one opportunity to be part of that conversation. Otherwise, please do get in touch if these issues are of interest to you.
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We assessed whether current law provides effective protection from harms which could be caused by these tools.
We found a range of issues, & real concerns about gaps in protection as the scale and scope of the public's use of AI assistants grows, and the law struggles to keep up.
Today, the Ada Lovelace Institute launched their report, The Regulation of Delegation. We at AWO (Alex Lawrence-Archer and Lucie Audibert) carried out extensive legal analysis in support of the report.
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Our Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we spoke to Dave Buckley at @openmined.bsky.social, a non-profit building open-source PETs to audit proprietary systems. We spoke about several pilots with the Christchurch Call and UK AI Security Institute.👇
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🚨 Hiring — Senior Manager, Compliance.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for someone to lead the business development and delivery of AWO’s compliance service offering.
Find out more about AWO and this role: awo.agency/jobs/
🕵️ You can see more about that work here: www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-s... and we look forward to continuing to support creatives to understand and reclaim agency over how their data is used.
🎭 Over the past 18 months, our litigation team has been working to support actors and their representatives who are increasingly concerned about the provenance of the data used to train generative AI models.
📣 "We need to be building a world in which the human creativity, connection and performance of actors carries on being valued."
AWO solicitor Alex Lawrence-Archer was quoted in the Guardian this weekend as part of their coverage of AI 'actors' such as Tilly Norwood.
More rankings: great to be ranked in this year's Chamber's & Partners for Public Law, Civil Liberties and Data Protection. 🏆
We're delighted to be ranked in this year's Legal 500 in 3 practice areas (Civil liberties & human rights, Data protection, and Administrative & public law) and as a 'Firm to Watch' in Artificial Intelligence. Thank you to all our clients and referees! 🎉
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We'll be at #PrivacyCamp25 tomorrow! Join our colleague @lutecia.bsky.social at 9:55 to discuss all things strategic litigation. Our colleagues @nickbotton.bsky.social and @laurelinelmn.bsky.social will also be around, come chat with us!
Read for news updates from this busy summer of implementation and enforcement of AI and platform regulation, opportunities, events and great publications. You can also subscribe to get this sent straight to your inbox every month.👇
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AWO’s Algorithm Governance Roundup is out! This month we interviewed Ema Prović who led the development of the GPAI Code of Practice for the EU’s AI Office.👇
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France wants to ban social media for kids under 15.
Spain, Denmark, Greece support limits on teen screen time. We’re seeing similar conversations in Australia. What would this look like locally?
A sneak into Algorithm Governance Roundup #23.
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From birth announcements to brand deals, children’s lives are being monetised online, often without their informed consent. AWO helps orgs implement ethical data practices that centre consent, safety, and dignity.
