'Can Law Stop Criminals Misusing AI?'
Join Michael Veale, Professor of Technology, Law and Policy at UCL Laws, as he explores how law can respond to the misuse of artificial intelligence, and discover the new LLM Law and Technology specialism at UCL Laws.
AI is being used every day to generate deepfakes of friends and family to undertake complex scams, to inform terrorist groups and cyberattacks, and to abusively create or alter intimate images of adults and children. These things are broadly considered unambiguously bad, but it can be difficult or impossible to stop this.
Law is increasingly looking to regulate a lot of other actors in the technological supply chain: cloud providers, operating systems, mobile phones, companies operating the networks, marketplaces where people download and share models, and places where criminals communicate with each other and their victims. How can, and should, law respond proportionally and effectively to safeguard society against the abusive misuse of AI?
About the session
This online session will provide you with an overview of our LLM Law programme, an introduction to our new LLM Law and Technology specialism, followed by a Q&A session with Sarah Campling (Programme Director) and the LLM Admissions team.
Whether you've submitted your application, you hold an offer or you are still considering your options, we welcome all at this event to ask any questions about applying to the LLM at UCL Laws, modules, specialisms and our connections to legal London.
This event is for anyone interested in the studying the general LLM, or any one of our LLM specialisms.
About the new LLM Law and Technology specialism at UCL Laws
Introduced for the 2026–27 academic year, the LLM Law and Technology specialism is a new post-enrolment pathway within the UCL Master of Laws (LLM), enabling you to study the fast-changing intersection between legal rules and practice, technological change, and evolving regulatory frameworks.
Areas of study include:
- Technology law
- Media and platform regulation
- Privacy law, data governance and digital rights
- Artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making
- Competition in digital markets
- Financial technology
- Copyright and patent law
UCL Laws is home to a vibrant community of scholars working at the forefront of law and digital technologies, with research influencing courts, regulators, legislators, governments, and private organisations around the world.
Joining the event
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