LIFT Blog

A blog post by Paul Troop on how a new chat-based implementation of an artificial intelligence (AI) project is making waves 

This is a huge step in the field of legal adjudication by computers. 

The video of lawyer, Rod Ponton, trapped in the online avatar of a cute kitten, earnestly imploring the judge of the 394th Judicial District Court in Texas, Roy B. Ferguson, that he is “not a cat”, is at once the funniest and most deeply affective Zoom Age moment. 

In this two-part article Dr Robert Herian speculates on the possibility of ledger societies as outgrowths of existing ledger communities underpinned by distributed ledger technologies (DLTs, of which blockchains are a type), and particular forms of ritual practice that DLTs provoke in users.

In this two-part article Dr Robert Herian speculates on the possibility of ledger societies as outgrowths of existing ledger communities underpinned by distributed ledger technologies (DLTs, of which blockchains are a type), and particular forms of ritual practice that DLTs provoke in users.

Is the human, social side of everyday tasks being taken away by the desire for supplementing technology for human beings? 

In his new article that will be published in the Journal of Business Law later this year, Professor Nicholas Ryder investigates the link between terrorism financing, cryptoassets and social media platforms.

Are we, today, seeing unprecedented technological effects on law?

A question that has been asked recently, is how technology and regulation can work together for the benefit of society and individuals? A further question is whether Artificial Intelligence can be used to help those who are financially excluded from the financial marketplace?