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Canada AI minister and OpenAI to discuss AI safety in response to school schooting - The Legal Wire Canada Minister of AI and Digital Innovation, Evan Solomon, has reportedly criticised OpenAI for not adequately addressing concerns following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and plans to meet with CEO Sam Altman to seek further clarity on the company's policies. Despite OpenAI's commitments to enhance law enforcement referral protocols and improve content detection

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General Availability of Lexis+ with Protégé Sets New Standard for Automating Legal Work with Easy-to-Use, Authoritative AI Workflows - The Legal Wire NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI-powered legal workflow solutions, today announced the general availability of Lexis+® with Protégé™, delivering purpose-built, end-to-end legal AI workflows with a new user interface designed to make trusted legal work possible with one prompt. Building on

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LexisNexis Enhances Lexis+ with Protégé Platform by Integrating Anthropic Cowork Legal Plugin - The Legal Wire NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced the integration of Anthropic’s legal plugin (“Legal Plugin”) into the Lexis+® with Protégé™ platform (“Protégé”). The company has been evaluating the Legal Plugin capabilities since before its market release. This integration enhances hundreds of existing AI and agentic AI legal workflow capabilities available via Protégé and is part of the company’s process to continuously evaluate and incorporate new technologies or capabilities that help customers achieve

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National AI Strategy Committee adopts final action plan to foster AI-led transformation - The Legal Wire The National AI Strategy Committee has finalized the AI Action Plan, aiming to elevate South Korea into the top three AI nations by 2026-2028, with a focus on creating an innovation ecosystem, enhancing governance, and promoting scientific competitiveness through initiatives like the K-Moonshot Strategy. During its second plenary session, the committee discussed five key agendas:

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China’s DeepSeek trained its AI model on Nvidia’s best chip despite US export control ban, according to inside sources - The Legal Wire It is reported that the Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has reportedly trained its latest AI model using Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chips, despite U.S. export controls prohibiting such shipments to China. A senior Trump administration official indicated that these chips are likely housed in DeepSeek's data center in Inner Mongolia. The U.S. government is investigating how

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DealCloser: The Strategic Advantage That Is Transaction Management - The Legal Wire For corporate deal teams, the closing phase of a transaction has long been synonymous with manual processes and operational chaos. Overflowing inboxes, closing checklists that require constant updates, difficulty tracking document versions, countless signature packets, and the time required to assemble closing sets are familiar pain points, especially as deal complexity increases. These administrative challenges

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Assistant Digital Economy Minister calls for local AI innovation to prevent ‘Uberisation’ of the economy - The Legal Wire It is reported that the Albanese government has urged for immediate local innovation to potentially generate $100 billion for the Australian economy, cautioning against the "Uberisation" of the economy, which could result in profits flowing offshore. In his speech delivered to the Australian Business Economics conference, Assistant Technology and Digital Economy Minister Andrew Charlton emphasized

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Saudi Arabia joins Saudi Arabia Joins Global Partnership on AI - The Legal Wire The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has officially joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an initiative hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and originating from the G7, represented by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority. This membership, supported by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,

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Canada and India strengthen ties to advance new partnerships in AI and digital innovation - The Legal Wire As part of Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation's (Evan Solomon) visit to India for the India AI Impact Summit, Canada and India have signed a Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Waterloo and Tata Consultancy Services, as well as with upGrad. These signings reflect the broad trend toward deepening academic and

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Brazil president calls for global governance of AI at India AI Summit - The Legal Wire During the AI Summit in New Delhi, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advocated for the creation of global governance for AI, warning that the concentrated control of algorithms by a few does not represent innovation, but rather domination. President Lula emphasized the need for balanced rules for major digital platforms, highlighting progress in the

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Digital Ireland strategy released - The Legal Wire The Irish Government has unveiled 'Digital Ireland – Connecting our People, Securing our Future,' an updated National Digital & AI Strategy outlining the nation's vision to maintain its status as a digital leader by 2030. This comprehensive strategy focuses on five key areas: enhancing digital public services, fostering a competitive digital enterprise sector, investing in

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Data Protection Commission investigates X over alleged generation and publication of non-consensual sexualised images by Grok AI - The Legal Wire The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened an investigation into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) under Section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018, concerning the alleged creation and publication of potentially harmful, non-consensual intimate and/or sexualised images on the X platform, which involves the processing of personal data of EU/EEA data subjects, including

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EU Parliament blocks AI tools over cyber, privacy fears - The Legal Wire It is reported that the European Parliament has disabled AI features on lawmakers' and staff's work devices due to cybersecurity and data protection concerns, as communicated in an internal email. The Parliament's IT department determined that it could not ensure the security of data processed by these features, which often utilize cloud services that send

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India and Kazakhstan elevate AI cooperation to strategic level - The Legal Wire It is reported that India and Kazakhstan have elevated their cooperation in AI to a strategic level, with India set to host the AI Summit in New Delhi on 19-20 February 2026. The summit, themed 'Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya - Welfare for All, Happiness for All,' aims to bring together global leaders to discuss ethical

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Canada and Germany sign AI joint declaration and launch Sovereign Technology Alliance - The Legal Wire Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation (Evan Solomon), and Germany's Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization (Karsten Wildberger) have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on AI during the Munich Security Conference. This agreement establishes a framework to enhance bilateral cooperation in AI, focusing on secure compute infrastructure, AI research and commercialization,

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When Algorithms Collude: Why Companies Should Be Wary of Digital Price Signalling - The Legal Wire Nicholas De Decker – Associate at Lawtons Africa Boardrooms to Algorithms: Overview Competition law has long treated communication between competitors as the lifeblood of collusion. The more transparent rivals become about pricing intentions, the greater the risk of coordinated outcomes. Traditionally, this meant clandestine meetings, phone calls or indirect signalling through mechanisms such as the

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BRICS nations develop unified approaches for AI regulation - The Legal Wire It is reported that the BRICS nations are actively collaborating to develop unified approaches for AI regulation, emphasizing responsible and inclusive development. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted the significance of the upcoming AI summit in India, scheduled for 16 to 20 February 2026, noting that AI regulations are in the early stages of definition

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8am Expands LawPay to Help Law Firms Recover More Revenue and Reduce Administrative Burden - The Legal Wire Enhancements bring billing, payments, and finances into a single, unified solution AUSTIN, TX (February 12, 2026) — 8am, the professional business platform purpose-built for the needs of legal, accounting, and client-focused professionals, today announced the expansion of 8am™ LawPay into a complete financial management solution. Uniting payments, invoicing, time tracking, and reporting into one workspace,

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Singapore launches AI support measures, tax breaks in 2026 Budget - The Legal Wire The Singapore government has announced a comprehensive suite of initiatives in its 2026 Budget to bolster AI adoption and support for workers and companies. Key measures include the launch of the 'Champions of AI' program to assist leading companies in transforming their businesses through AI, enhancements to the Productivity Solutions Grant to cover more digital

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KVKK investigates Google regarding alleged unauthorised personal data processing by Google Assistant - The Legal Wire The Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has announced the initiation of an ex officio investigation into Google regarding the processing of personal data via its voice assistant service, Google Assistant. The investigation follows reports that the voice assistant recorded private conversations without user permission due to activation by incorrect trigger phrases. The KVKK aims to

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Information Chaos: The Hidden Cost of Understanding Client Information - The Legal Wire Over the past year, I've worked closely with numerous family law practices as design partners, helping them understand where time really goes and why certain inefficiencies persist even in well-run practices. One recurring theme continues to shape how I think about this work. Attorneys walk me through their document management systems, which are often sophisticated,

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MeitY adopts Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, addressing synthetically generated information - The Legal Wire The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has adopted the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026, to regulate synthetically generated information. These amendments expand the legal definition of "information" to include content artificially created or modified to appear authentic, mandating that all such public-facing material include visible labeling

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Lexifina: Offering Drafting Discipline to Boutique Firms - The Legal Wire Ask any solo or boutique lawyer how much time they spend searching for clauses, verifying edits, or wrangling Word documents, and the answer will probably be “too much”. That’s the concern that led Lexifina to enter the legal technology scene: not as a writing tool, but as a drafting assistant designed to seamlessly plug into

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Commission notifies Meta of possible interim measures to reverse exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp - The Legal Wire The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections to Meta regarding its preliminary finding that the company breached EU antitrust rules by excluding third-party general-purpose AI assistants from the WhatsApp platform. Following a policy update announced in October 2025 and implemented in January 2026, Meta allegedly leveraged its dominant position in the EEA market

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US, China opt out of joint declaration on AI use in military - The Legal Wire Thirty-five countries have signed a declaration at the Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) summit in A Coruña, Spain, establishing 20 principles for the governed deployment of AI in warfare. While major signatories such as Canada, France, Britain, and South Korea affirmed human responsibility over AI weapons and the necessity of clear command chains,

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China flags security risks in OpenClaw open-source AI agent - The Legal Wire The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) has identified security vulnerabilities in the OpenClaw open-source AI agent, highlighting risks such as cyberattacks and data leaks due to default or improper configurations. OpenClaw, which integrates multi-channel communications with large language models to create customized assistants, has rapidly gained popularity since its

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LexisNexis Doubles Down on Legal AI: New Protégé Update Fuses Law, Web, and Your Documents - The Legal Wire What does the future of legal research and drafting look like? According to LexisNexis, it’s a single, secure interface where authoritative legal content, your own firm’s documents, and the open web can all talk to each other. This powerful combination is exactly what the new generation of Protégé General AI promises to deliver. Unveiled on

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China prepares to tighten oversight on AI-generated content labeling - The Legal Wire The head of the Network Management Technology Bureau at China's Cyberspace Administration, Yu Yonghe, published a signed article detailing the development of China's AI-generated content labeling system. This framework, established through the AI-Generated and Synthesized Content Labeling Measures and a mandatory national standard, aims to make AI-generated content identifiable and traceable. It encompasses the entire

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Indonesia lifts ban on Grok AI chatbot after X’s compliance pledge - The Legal Wire The Communication and Digital Ministry has authorised the resumption of X's Grok chatbot services in Indonesia, lifting a three-week ban originally imposed due to the dissemination of AI-generated sexualized images. This decision follows a written commitment from X Corp to enhance compliance with local laws and implement "layered" measures to prevent further abuse, though the

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China conditionally approves Deepseek to buy Nvidia H200 chips - The Legal Wire It is reported that the Chinese government has granted conditional approval for DeepSeek to purchase Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, a move that follows similar authorizations for domestic tech giants ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent to acquire over 400,000 units in total. While the United States formally cleared the H200 for export to China earlier this month,

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