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Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology – Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and Marisa McVey

Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology – Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and Marisa McVey

Mar 9, 2021 | Data Privacy, Ethics, Privacy

It was recently revealed that in 2017 Microsoft patented a chatbot which, if built, would digitally resurrect the dead. Using AI and machine learning, the proposed chatbot would bring our digital persona back to life for our family and friends to talk to. When pressed...
Andrew Clarke shares his experience of presenting at the ILPC Annual Conference 2020

Andrew Clarke shares his experience of presenting at the ILPC Annual Conference 2020

Mar 3, 2021 | ILPC Annual Lecture & Conference

    For me, choosing to study an LLM at Kent Law School (KLS) was not a difficult decision to make considering that I had completed my LLB at the University – I had  consistently found my experiences interacting with the staff and students friendly and very...
Is Technology the Answer to Addressing the Legal Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Faith Gordon, Jess Mant and Daniel Newman

Is Technology the Answer to Addressing the Legal Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Faith Gordon, Jess Mant and Daniel Newman

Nov 11, 2020 | ILPC Spotlight

The COVID-19 pandemic ‘is making inequalities more visible’, according to the UNODC.  This also is the view of those working in law centres at the grassroots.  As the Law Centres Network chair, Helen Rogers points out: “The pandemic’s uneven impact is a grim reminder...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020: International data transfers between EU & Non-EU States: Trade negotiations and the reform of the Australian Privacy Act

ILPC Seminar Series 2020: International data transfers between EU & Non-EU States: Trade negotiations and the reform of the Australian Privacy Act

Oct 1, 2020 | Data Privacy, ILPC Seminar Series

Date Thursday 15 Oct 2020, 10am – 11am Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Format Online Seminar (Zoom) Key Speaker:  Dr Damian Clifford is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University, College of Law, a Research Fellow of the...
And you thought that the Johnny Depp and Amanda Heard relationship was toxic…why the press needs a superhero (just not Captain Jack Sparrow) – Dr Peter Coe

And you thought that the Johnny Depp and Amanda Heard relationship was toxic…why the press needs a superhero (just not Captain Jack Sparrow) – Dr Peter Coe

Sep 23, 2020 | Advertising, Data Privacy, Democracy, Journalism

In deciding what to write about for this post I was not short of topics and material. I could have talked about how the Court of Justice of the European Union has, in one fell swoop, caused a headache of Captain Jack Sparrow-hangover proportions (more on him in a...
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