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In new podcast from the Irish Independent legal affairs editor Shane Phelan talks about an experiment undertaken at the Kilkenny Law Festival where four AI models, Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok were asked to sit as judges of the High Court. The event which took place in Kilkenny Courthouse on Fr

The Centre for Digital Ethics (CDE) is convening The Human in Human Rights: Dignity, Autonomy and Democracy in the Age of AI at the Trinity Long Room Hub on Friday 16 October 2026, from 6.00pm. Mary Robinson will deliver the opening keynote address, with Miriam O’Callaghan moderating the

Ireland’s first AI enablement programme for legal professionals has been launched by agentic platform Newcode, it was announced today. The six-week programme, a landmark national initiative designed to accelerate responsible, governed AI adoption in the legal sector, will see 475 professionals

New practice directions on the use of generative AI in the Court of Appeal and the High Court come into force today.

An expert witness in a US case has been left red faced as his Chat GPT conversations were exposed.

Legal AI firm Newcode has been selected as AI provider for the Bar of Ireland.  The company, whose Irish operations are led by former Mason Hayes & Curran LLP solicitor and Cork native Donna O’Leary, has now increased its headcount to 60 following its establishment in Ireland in

The UK government has announced the introduction of AI on the police's non-emergency line with the aim of cutting waiting times, reducing pressure on call handlers and ensuring the public reach the right department quicker.

Research from Queen’s University Belfast is shining a light on the role of AI and bots in the music industry, warning that consumers and musicians are being shortchanged because of technology that’s out of control. Dr Katherine Pittalis used her PhD to examine the fast-changing technolog

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a warning notice to solicitors in England reminding them of their professional obligations when using AI. 

The presidents of the employment tribunals system for England, Wales and Scotland have stated their belief that the use of AI is behind the increase in the complexity of claims.

Using AI language translation in the legal sector requires a hybrid system, balancing technology with strong regulation and human oversight, according to PAB Languages Centre report released today. 

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has announced the appointment of a former senior civil servant from the Department of the Taoiseach, Mary Doyle, as its first chair.

President of the High Court, David Barniville, has issued a practice direction on the use of generative AI in court documents. The direction provides guidance on the court’s expectations concerning its appropriate and responsible use and establishes a verification requirement for any material

Artificial intelligence tools can produce fluent and apparently authoritative answers to legal questions within seconds. That fluency can make an incorrect answer unusually persuasive, writes Dalippe Lalloo. As part of a controlled review, I tested 32 Irish personal-injury queries across ChatGPT, Ge

Major book publishers yesterday raised an action against Google in New York for allegedly taking copyrighted content, using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and then generating content that "directly" competes with the original authors' work. The action notes, “The scale and spe