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AI and trusteeship: operational assistance or something more?

Lloyd Brown

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Swansea University Author: Lloyd Brown

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/tandt/ttaf077

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In light of the ‘AI as a fiduciary’ hypothesis, this article refutes the possibility of AI assuming the role of trustee by highlighting the doctrinal limits that constrain its operation in the trust context, particularly those arising from trustee-specific and fiduciary duties. At the same time, it...

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Published in: Trusts & Trustees
ISSN: 1363-1780 1752-2110
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2025
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