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Co-operation between machines and humans - the secret to success for machine learning? One of the largest barriers that must be overcome by a business looking to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into their current workflows is ensuring the co-operation between machines and humans or else the technology is destined to fail.  Whether it... Design thinking - listen to your user... but not too much! I recently had the opportunity to attend a session on design thinking led by Treehouse Innovation. Design thinking is an innovation methodology which can be used to generate innovative solutions to challenges. In a legal context, it can be applied to chal... Should lawyers learn to code? Over the last few months there has been a lot of speculation about whether or not lawyers should learn to code, with some advocates predicting that all lawyers will be coders in the not too distant future. Whilst I have no doubt that the lawyers of the fu... Veil of ignorance - London Law Expo 2018 To design the law firm of the future, we should adopt a "veil of ignorance" - or so argues Dr Heather Anson.  Anson, speaking at the London Law Expo (an annual event with exhibitors and speakers from across the legal tech world), suggests that too often l... Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach an AI to recognise a fish... ... and you enable a man to feed thousands more. The story that a Norwegian company has developed a scanner capable of recognising salmon by their faces (more specifically, "the distinct pattern of spots around their eyes, mouth and gills") and of identif... Global Investigations Bulletin - February 2025 Welcome to Slaughter and May’s February edition of the Global Investigations Bulletin, a digest of key developments and recent news in global investigations and enforcement. In this edition we look at evolving themes in FCA enforcement and offer insights ... Global Investigations Bulletin - May 2025 Welcome to Slaughter and May’s May edition of the Global Investigations Bulletin, a digest of key developments and recent news in global investigations and enforcement. In this edition we look at evolving themes in FCA enforcement and offer insights into ... The IP Brief - May 2024 Welcome to The IP Brief – a quarterly update of key IP cases and news, with a primarily UK and EU focus. The IP Brief - July 2024 Welcome to The IP Brief – a quarterly update of key IP cases and news, with a primarily UK and EU focus. The IP Brief - November 2024 Welcome to The IP Brief – a quarterly update of key IP cases and news, with a primarily UK and EU focus.