Any attempt to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) must not rely solely on technical measures to mitigate potential harms, and should instead move to address the fundamental power imbalances between those who develop or deploy the technology and those who are subject to…
A recent whitepaper from the European Commission (EC) could lay the groundwork for a regulatory framework for AI. Such regulation could have widespread impact on the AI industry. Companies can prepare for it by building robust auditing and reporting capabilities. Given Artificial…
Priorly tech-friendly governments around the globe are now cracking down on big tech companies, which is putting the economies through a wind whirl. Since tech companies are forced to comply with the government, it gives the latter more power to manage their…
Artificial intelligence is a truly global issue impacting all areas of society and all those at the forefront of developing AI technology, no matter where they are based, should engage in consultation to shape the EU’s emerging legislative framework, which will inevitably…
TikTok is not a participant in the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing taking place Wednesday afternoon, but it might as well have set up a virtual table in front of the U.S. Capitol. Vice president and head of U.S. public policy Michael Beckerman sent a letter…
orporate leaders including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and IBM ex-CEO Ginni Rometty have called for increased regulation of artificial intelligence. So have politicians on the both sides of the aisle, as have respected scholars at academic research institutes and think tanks. At…
In early June, border officials “quietly deployed” the mobile app CBP One at the U.S.-Mexico border to “streamline the processing” of asylum seekers. While the app will reduce manual data entry and speed up the process, it also relies on controversial facial…
Margrethe Vestager, once Silicon Valley’s top foe, may turn into its best ally by pushing for the tighter oversight that Big Tech says it needs to be saved from itself. As European Union competition chief since 2014, Vestager has targeted Alphabet’s Google, Amazon.com, Apple, and Facebook,…
Hello, New York! For the first time, lawyers can apply legal analytics to cases heard in New York County Supreme Court (“New York County”). Lex Machina, a subsidiary of RELX, the British information corporate formerly known as Reed Elsevier, is announcing today…
Steven Cherry When horses were replaced by engines, for work and transportation, we didn’t need to rethink our legal frameworks. So when a fixed-in-place factory machine is replaced by a free-standing AI robot, or when a human truck driver is replaced by autonomous…
