News and Research articles on AI systems

Article 10 of the EU’s AI Act puts data governance at the heart of bias mitigation in high-risk AI systems but offers little guidance on implementation. Delegating these challenges to technical standardisation bodies raises both feasibility and legitimacy concerns, posing a significant test for the institutions now tasked with defining AI fairness in practice.

Legal AI is full of talk about 'explainability', but most of it is smoke and mirrors. If these systems are to be useful in law, they need more than plausible stories; they need legally sound reasoning and real-world rigour.

Mennatullah Hendawy critically examines how AI systems often perpetuate societal inequities by prioritising majority perspectives, marginalising underrepresented groups. Drawing from examples like predictive policing and agricultural tools in the Global South, she underscores the importance of considering the positionality of AI creators.