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AI Agents – Regulation through Code: Law vs Code

This post summarises a panel at the University of Surrey’s TechFinSustain 2025 event discussing whether AI systems should be governed by code, law or both. Datoo notes that professionals need fluency in both law and code and that law and code must complement each other to navigate an AI-driven world.

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·12 Sept 2025
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This post summarises a panel at the University of Surrey’s TechFinSustain 2025 event discussing whether AI systems should be governed by code, law or both. Datoo notes that professionals need fluency in both law and code and that law and code must complement each other to navigate an AI-driven world.

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This post summarises a panel at the University of Surrey’s TechFinSustain 2025 event discussing whether AI systems should be governed by code, law or both.

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Datoo notes that professionals need fluency in both law and code and that law and code must complement each other to navigate an AI-driven world.

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We debated whether regulation should happen through code or law.

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“Law is law, code is law, law should be code – we’ll need all three to navigate an AI-driven world”

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We debated whether regulation should happen through code or law. The consensus: lawyers must understand both to build safe AI systems.

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