Harvey partners with SCC Online for AI legal research tools (Times of India). On 19 Jan 2026, Harvey announced a partnership with SCC Online to integrate comprehensive Indian legal content for AI‑assisted legal workflows, expanding accessible AI in legal research.
South Australia Supreme Court issues generative AI use guidelines. The Supreme Court has released new guidelines for the use of generative AI by legal practitioners and litigants, emphasising professional accountability and integrity with AI assistance. Supreme Court issues guidelines for generative AI use
Regulation
UK updates generative AI product safety standards. The UK government has updated its Generative AI: product safety standards guidance to include new considerations on cognitive development, emotional and social impacts, mental health, and manipulation, strengthening duties for providers of generative AI services under safety law.
Cases
Publishers seek to intervene in Google AI training lawsuit (Missouri Lawyers Media). On 19 Jan 2026, Hachette and Cengage filed to intervene in a US federal class action accusing Google of copyright misuse in training its Gemini AI model; the court will decide allowed participation.
Academia
Computational Compliance for AI Regulation: Blueprint for a New Research Domain. Marino & Lane present a research agenda for algorithmic compliance mechanisms to meet dynamic AI regulatory requirements at scale, proposing benchmarks for compliance algorithms.
Internal Deployment Gaps in AI Regulation. Kwon & Casper examine regulatory blind spots for AI systems used internally within organisations, identifying the need for clearer oversight mechanisms beyond externally deployed systems. Internal Deployment Gaps in AI Regulation
Events
UCL Laws seminar: Music, copyright and contracts in the age of AI - out of tune or perfect harmony? March 2026 event exploring intersections of AI with copyright and contract law.
Takeaway
The UK’s update to Generative AI: product safety standards signals a regulatory shift toward explicitly embedding content safety and child protection obligations in AI governance. This reflects a trend where states increasingly specify sector‑relevant safety duties, moving beyond high‑level risk frameworks toward enforceable, content‑specific standards for generative systems.
Sources: GOV.UK, Times of India, courts.sa.gov.au, arXiv, UCL, Missouri Lawyers Media