Hong Kong: New Technology

A junior associate at an international law firm submitted fabricated statutory text to the Court in a block transfer application, later revealed to be the product of AI hallucination. Despite repeated warnings from the AI tool itself to verify the text against authoritative sources, the associate failed to do so, leading to judicial scrutiny of professional standards, supervisory failures, and the appropriate use of artificial intelligence in legal practice.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has issued new guidance calling on licensed financial firms to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses against AI-enabled cyberattacks, as recorded incidents surge 27% year-over-year. The circular outlines five critical areas requiring immediate review and enhancement, from vulnerability management to incident response protocols, while emphasizing that senior management bears ultimate responsibility for cybersecurity risk in this rapidly evolving threat landsc

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In today's digital era, the way people search for legal information has shifted dramatically.

Real-World Asset ("RWA") tokenization may be rapidly transforming modern finance. In simple terms, tokenization is the process of converting an asset with monetary value into a digital token...

Fraud, particularly digital fraud, is on the rise globally. Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, trading hub and an intermediary between Mainland China and the global market, has strengthened its anti-fraud...

In the ongoing debate over copyright law reforms related to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the projected introduction of an "opt-out" strategy by the Hong Kong and UK governments is a pivotal development that warrants careful consideration...

With the evolution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) constantly growing in pace, countries around the world are scrambling to update their laws to tackle new challenges and opportunities posed by this technology.

In October 2023, several large music publishers, Concord, Capital CMG, Universal and ABKCO, ( the "Plaintiffs") brought copyright infringement proceedings against Anthropic PBC ("Defendant") in the US, alleging the Defendant, an AI developer, had infringed on their rights by using their song lyrics catalogues to train its flagship AI product, "Claude".