Beyond the code podcast: The legalities of AI

In an era where generative AI and deepfake technologies are reshaping the digital landscape, the legal system faces a growing challenge: how to detect and respond to falsified evidence. From subtly altered documents to convincingly fabricated audio and video, synthetic content is increasingly surfacing in litigation – often at pivotal moments in disclosure.

In this episode, host Charlotte Hill, Partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team at Penningtons Manches Cooper, is joined by Dr Tristan Jenkinson, Head of Forensics & Investigations at Sky Discovery, to explore the realities behind synthetic evidence. Drawing on real-world examples Charlotte and Tristan unpack how legal teams can spot manipulation early, and what tools, techniques, and expert insights are most effective.

In our latest podcast Charlotte Hill, Adele Ashton and Gareth Jones discuss a fictional story – centred around an Olympic gymnastics hopeful – to illustrate how irresponsible use of generative AI can quickly lead to reputational damage. They also consider the strategies that those affected by AI-produced inaccurate and defamatory content might make use of.

In our latest podcast Charlotte Hill, Tom Perkins and Joanne Vengadesan look at the current status of AI regulation across the UK, EU and US and in particular what proactive steps organisations should be taking when considering both development and implementation of AI.

In this podcast Charlotte Hill, Jo Vengadesan and Tom Perkins discuss the proposed approaches to regulating AI in both the EU and UK and the potential difficulties that a prescriptive approach to regulation could face, particularly in light of how significantly the field of AI can advance in a short period of time. They also recommend a number of steps any organization looking to deploy AI solutions should be considering.

Whilst legislation is not yet keeping pace with generative AI, its use by businesses and their employees is accelerating, particularly in industries such as marketing where the production of content is paramount. In this episode Oliver Kidd, Tom Perkins and Charlotte Hill discuss how, without the traditional crutch of regulation to guide businesses, businesses can still take steps to effectively utilise generative AI as a tool that improves efficiency, output and accuracy, whilst minimising risks.

Enhancements to artificial intelligence (AI) can improve efficiency with timely HR processes involving hundreds of employees or candidates. By removing the human bias from a decision, an employer may also actually be making a fairer decision based on objective data (if the data and criteria themselves are fair). However, as Charlotte Hill and Tom Pimenta discuss, humans should not be entirely removed from employment decision making, otherwise errors within the software can lead to significant legal claims against employers.

In the first episode of our podcast series focused on AI – Charlotte Hill, Oliver Kidd and Tom Perkins discuss some of the issues that commercial contracts should address when dealing with the provision of AI solutions.