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What does Audio text mean?
Audio text (also written audiotext or audiotex) describes automated telephone services that deliver prerecorded or computer‑generated information or menu‑driven options (IVR), for example market data (stock prices), sports scores, directories, competitions, voting and personals/adult chat. The expression is descriptive rather than a defined legal term. In the UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) such services commonly fall within “phone‑paid” or “premium rate” services regulated by Ofcom (previously the Phone‑paid Services Authority) under the Communications Act 2003 and related rules. In Ireland, comparable services are regulated by ComReg under the premium rate services regime (including the 2010 Act and Codes). Key legal features and risks include: - Pricing structure (per‑minute/per‑call) and mandatory, upfront pricing announcements and tariff transparency. - Age‑restricted content controls, subscription opt‑in/stop mechanisms, complaint handling and refunds. - Advertising and marketing compliance (e.g. CAP/ASA in the UK; ComReg rules in Ireland) and unfair commercial practices. - Numbering and access conditions with communications providers. - Data protection for call records, caller line identification and recordings (UK GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018; Irish GDPR regime). Usage and underlying compliance concepts are broadly consistent across the UK and Ireland, though the competent regulator and codes differ.
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EU AI Act machine-readable labelling: voluntary code in development; studies favour multi-layered marking, potential centralised verifier, and warn of interoperability issues ahead of August 2026 obligations

From 2 August 2026, the EU’s landmark AI Act will require firms such as OpenAI, Google and Meta to apply machine-readable labels to material produced by ChatGPT, Gemini and similar systems, indicating whether content is machine-generated or has been manipulated. The legislation also charges the European Commission with guiding the development of a voluntary code of practice to support the effective roll-out of this labelling duty. Early groundwork for the code has been laid through expert studies examining technical methods to mark content by type. Preparatory studies At a technical workshop on 4 September 2025, AI companies, experts and other stakeholders will be shown the preliminary findings from these studies. The text study was overseen by Giovanni Puccetti, associate professor at the University of Milan; the audio work was led by Xavier Serra and Martin Rocamore, professors at Barcelona’s University Pompeu Fabra; and the image and video study was coordinated by Mario Fritz, a professor at research centre CISPA...

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EU Guidance on Generative AI for EU Institutions: Compliance Priorities and Risk Controls—Implications for EU AI Act Rollout and the UK’s Principles‑Based Regime

They concern EU government institutions, pursuant to EU Regulation 2018/1725. That Regulation sets the rules for safeguarding personal data within EU government institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, and empowers the supervisor as the institutions’ independent data protection authority. While these guidelines are limited to EU governmental entities, they shed light on how the supervisor may handle generative AI in the future. Given the recently adopted EU Artificial Intelligence Act, due to take effect over the coming years, and the accelerating global shift towards AI regulation, the guidelines hint at what might become the next stage of AI oversight in Europe, the UK, the US and elsewhere. For clarity, generative AI denotes advances in computer deep learning models built to deliver a broad and general spectrum of outputs, able to perform a variety of tasks and uses, such as producing text, images or audio. The most familiar form of generative AI is large language models trained on vast volumes of text data. These systems can create natural language replies to a...

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AI-enabled Arbitration and Confidentiality: Risks, Practical Controls, Contract Clauses, Ethics and the Emerging Regulatory Landscape

The forthcoming features could offer multi-model functionality, allowing prompts to extend beyond text to encompass images, video and audio queries; alongside enhanced contextual comprehension, enabling it to better recall details from earlier exchanges and draw more of them into handling your latest requests. They might also bring richer personalisation, permitting it to shape replies more precisely to your requirements, informed by its picture of you from prior interactions, your preferences, and your particular needs. Although their promise is exciting, these capabilities carry consequences for legal practice broadly and, in particular, provoke concerns about confidentiality as AI adoption becomes ever more pervasive, with knock-on effects for dispute resolution today, and what such features could signify for our work in the months and years ahead. The rise of AI and confidentiality concerns The legal profession stands on the brink of a profound shift in how its work is carried out, propelled by AI. Among the many ramifications are the challenges of safeguarding client confidentiality and what that entails in an...

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AI in UK businesses: managing legal risks across data protection, equality law, employment, intellectual property, accuracy, security and governance

Practice Note This Practice Note is aimed at general private-sector commercial organisations in the UK. It highlights typical risks linked to using artificial intelligence (AI) within your business and proposes ways to mitigate them. This Practice Note is not designed for organisations that create or deploy AI solutions as a commercial service for third parties. Separate guidance is available for technology companies—see Practice Note: Artificial Intelligence—UK regulation and the National AI Strategy. What is artificial intelligence? There is no single, settled definition of AI. In essence, it involves machines—usually computer systems—emulating human intelligence. Multiple forms of AI appear in commercial settings, including generative, predictive and extractive AI. Generative AI An AI tool that produces new, lifelike outputs such as text, audio, computer code, data or images, for example using an AI tool to: craft a marketing blog post refine an email you have already drafted produce a product description or a job description prepare a script or slides for...

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UK precedent: child‑friendly privacy information template for mobile apps (ages 6–9), covering data collected, parental consent for location, third‑party sharing, security and children’s rights

Background to this thought leadership Precedent This Precedent originated from a Data Protection Intelligence Group thought leadership project in October 2021, with later updates by Lexis+® UK in February 2022 and again in early 2026. It is designed as a launch point to support organisations and stimulate development of thinking about this privacy expectation across the market. The Precedent will continue to adapt as fresh guidance, market practice and engagement emerge. It supplies a basic text template that can be reshaped for a cartoon, video and/or audio, along with other features (eg a message with emojis) to engage children in a way that suits the app provider’s branding and service. It should be: supported by appropriate just-in-time notifications and warnings (eg if a child changes a setting), and enhanced with suitable functionality enabling users to easily gain an overview and navigate between topics For further guidance on adapting the basic text, see Practice Note: Conveying privacy information to children aged 6...

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