Artificial intelligence
The development of UK Artificial Intelligence law is at a crossroads. The EU's AI Act, approved on 21 May 2024, will affect UK-based companies if their AI systems are sold or used within the EU. Meanwhile the general election on 4 July 2024 may reshape the UK Government's approach to AI regulation significantly. As Tessa Hilson-Greener explains, understanding these dynamics is key for anyone involved in AI in the UK.
On 21 May 2024, the Council of the EU approved the first comprehensive Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (known as the "EU AI Act"). Once fully in force, it is expected to have far-reaching implications for global employers using AI systems. Here we set out what HR departments need to know, whether or not their organisations are based in the EU.
In March 2024, we conducted research exploring the use of AI at UK organisations, with a focus on how HR were using the new technologies. In this article, we explore some of the unexpected results.
The AI revolution is upon us, but data reveals that organisations are struggling to develop practices to integrate the new technology fully and safely into their business. Reporting from the US, Natasha K.A. Wiebusch identifies three key focus areas that employers with AI ambitions should prioritise.
This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?
HR professionals have been navigating their organisations through unprecedented times over the last couple of years. Here, drawing on our latest HR roles and responsibilities survey, we look at how organisations are preparing for the 12 months ahead and pick out some of the areas making HR's priority list for 2024.
The future of artificial intelligence (AI) in HR is bright, but HR isn't ready - at least not yet. XpertHR legal editor Natasha K. A. Wiebusch reports from the US.
The people profession is operating in a "VUCA world on steroids" (VUCA = volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). So said CEO Peter Cheese as he welcomed around 1,300 delegates to the 2023 CIPD conference in Manchester.
ChatGPT and other chatbots have captured the attention of HR leaders everywhere. Though powerful, these tools pose new problems HR should not ignore. Natasha K.A. Wiebusch reviews four key problems with chatbots - and suggests ways to deal with them.
The accelerated use of artificial intelligence and machine learning by recruitment specialists over the past year is creating jobs by the thousand; it's time for HR to fully embrace the new technology and work with it to avoid bias, argues AI expert Gez McGuire.
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