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The panel examined the evolving role of artificial intelligence in arbitration, discussing its practical applications, ethical boundaries and the principles that should guide its responsible use.
How legal teams can make smart tech choices: Experts discuss AI adoption, governance, and future of Legal Tech at LegalTechTalk 2026
In a panel discussion titled “How to Make Smart Tech Strategy Choices in 2026 and Beyond” at LegalTechTalk 2026, the panellists explained that successful legal technology strategies are built not on the latest tools but on a careful understanding of people, processes, governance, and long-term organizational goals.
AI in the Courtroom: Answering why human judgment remains the cornerstone of legal innovation at LegalTechTalk 2026
In the session titled “AI in Courtroom”, Ms. Mona Datt and Ms. Caoimhe Powell discussed the journey of AI in Law from skepticism to curiosity, keeping humans in the loop, transparency and disclosures, analyzing risk levels, and much more. The panel underscored that AI can accelerate legal work, but justice itself continues to depend upon human responsibility, critical reasoning, and professional accountability.
“After the algorithm: Who is liable when AI acts?”: Victoria Albrecht explores AI accountability and legal liability at Legal Tech Talk 2026
At Legal Tech Talk 2026, Ms. Victoria Albrecht examined the accountability challenges arising from autonomous AI systems, discussing questions of personhood, liability, governance, human oversight, attribution frameworks, and AI literacy in legal practice.
“What are you trying to solve?”: Sarah Walton Provides Blueprint for Law Firms Seeking to Embrace AI at LegalTechTalk 2026
At LegalTechTalk 2026, Weightmans Managing Partner Sarah Walton delivered a direct message to the legal profession: the greatest risk from AI is not that firms use it — it is that they prohibit it without providing secure alternatives, driving lawyers to use publicly available tools like ChatGPT with client data they have no business feeding into them.
‘The breakthrough is not AI giving information, but AI giving insights’: Legal leaders discuss how judgment can be embedded into technology at LegalTechTalk 2026
The legal industry is moving from information to intelligence, a shift examined in the session “From Information to Intelligence: How Law Firms Embed Legal Judgment in Technology” at LegalTechTalk 2026, where speakers highlighted AI’s role in scaling expertise while keeping human judgment at the centre of legal decision-making.
‘AI is eliminating administrative legal work, not lawyers’: Experts discuss AI’s role in rewiring the in-house legal function at LegalTechTalk 2026
The session “The New Legal Stack: How AI Is Rewiring the In-House Legal Function” at LegalTechTalk 2026 highlighted that while AI is transforming research, workflows, compliance, and contract management, leaders from Airbnb and Wordsmith stressed that human judgment remains essential for complex legal strategy, negotiation, and decision-making.
Artificial intelligence is making lawyers faster, research more accessible and legal services more efficient. But as AI systems become increasingly sophisticated, legal practitioners are confronting a more difficult question: how can the profession embrace technological transformation without surrendering the human judgment, ethics and accountability that lie at the heart of legal practice?
From privilege and disclosure risks to AI-assisted arbitrators and the future of legal practice, the second half of this LIDW 2026 discussion explores the governance challenges that will shape the next chapter of international arbitration.
From fabricated citations to autonomous AI agents, the arbitration community is confronting a new reality. At LIDW 2026, experts debated whether AI is a revolutionary tool for dispute resolution or a risk that demands greater human oversight.
Artificial Intelligence (Ethics and Accountability) Bill, 2025 introduces a robust framework to ensure ethical AI use in India. It addresses challenges like algorithmic bias, misuse of surveillance, and lack of transparency by establishing an independent Ethics Committee, enforcing strict compliance standards, and prescribing penalties for violations.
General-Purpose AI Code of Practice provides a strategic roadmap to help AI providers comply with the EU AI Act, supporting safer and more transparent deployment across the European AI sector.