HSF Launches AI Tracker for Global Regulations
Herbert Smith Freehills is launching a new AI-powered tool to help clients stay informed about the rapidly evolving landscape of global AI policy and regulations.
Developed in response to a growing client need to keep pace with governments’ fragmented AI strategies, policies, and regulations across multiple regions, the free-to-use tool will initially provide insights across 12 jurisdictions. The initial rollout covers the UK, Australia, and countries across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with a roadmap in place to expand to additional jurisdictions.
Called the ‘HSF AI Tracker’, it will capture the core AI principles and regulations released by governments as they advance their AI strategies, alongside the broader spectrum of existing laws that apply to AI technology. The tool will be updated regularly, enabling users to monitor key legal developments, including case law and court decisions that shape and transform existing legal frameworks and establish new precedents.
“Effective AI risk management demands that organisations understand and monitor changes in the laws and regulations that apply to them. The rapid pace at which AI policy is evolving, combined with increasing fragmentation between approaches taken by policymakers worldwide, makes this extremely challenging for businesses with multinational footprints. We aim to simplify the process, helping those in legal, risk, and compliance teams to cut through the noise and quickly identify key AI policy and regulatory information across key jurisdictions,” says Alexander Amato-Cravero, Director of Emerging Technology and Legal Operations Advisory at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Pioneered by the firm’s Emerging Technology Group, which advises on all aspects of AI and other emerging technology law, the tool has been used over 5,500 times in its pilot phase by professionals across a wide range of industries.
“The regulatory landscape surrounding AI technology is especially complex. Understanding the impact of policy and law on AI development, deployment, and investment requires recognising both emerging AI regulations and the evolution of traditional laws spanning data privacy, equality and employment, competition and trade, intellectual property, and many other areas. With access to a snapshot of the full spectrum of AI policy and regulation, legal, risk, and compliance teams will be better able to make informed decisions that enable innovation while effectively managing risk,” adds Jamie Ball, Manager in Herbert Smith Freehills’ Emerging Technology Advisory team.
The HSF AI Tracker is the latest addition to a suite of tools developed by the firm to help clients stay current with evolving legal requirements. It follows the launch of the firm’s Global ESG Tracker in June 2024, an AI-powered LinkedIn newsletter called Behind the Prompt that offers insights into AI trends, as well as a host of other tools accessible via the firm’s digital marketplace.
About Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (HSF) is a global law firm with headquarters in London, England, and Sydney, Australia. It is a member of the Silver Circle, a group of leading UK law firms positioned just behind the Magic Circle in terms of prestige.
