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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising everything from industrial production to cancer diagnosis. But as well as tremendous upsides it also carries risks.

The articles below tackle different aspects of the AI debate, from explaining what ‘AI technology’ really does to examining how it is testing legal frameworks around product liability, intellectual property and even human rights. Our AI hub aims to demystify this rapidly developing technology and explore how it intersects with regulation and the law.

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The AI Act: Calling for global compliance with EU copyright?

In an earlier blog (here) we dissected the copyright framework for text and data mining under the EU Copyright Directive (Directive 2019/790/EU) and its applicability on AI training data. By way of…

Author(s): Lutz Riede, Oliver Talhoff, Matthias Hofer

  • ai
  • intellectual property
  • eu ai act
  • eu digital strategy
  • eu dsm directive

Navigating AI Governance

Background AI is transforming industries. Companies around the world are accelerating their organisational pace to adapt and integrate AI into their business models. Like most key technologies, AI is…

Author(s): Thomas Mollnhuber

  • ai
  • eu ai act
  • eu digital strategy
  • europe
  • innovation
  • regulatory
  • corporate

Building Your Company’s AI Governance Framework

The use of AI has grown rapidly, from simplistic chatbots to sophisticated conversationalists that are close to passing the Turing test of whether a machine can engage in a conversation with a human…

Author(s): Rikki Haria, Theresa Ehlen, Christine Lyon, Jeanne Queneudec, Edward Dean, Christine Chong, Laura Llangozi

  • ai
  • consumer
  • corporate
  • cyber security
  • data protection
  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • europe
  • innovation
  • intellectual property
  • tech media and telecoms

Freshfields AI thought-leadership events: Key takeaways for global businesses

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been at the heart of two major events focusing on the implications of AI for global businesses.  Hosted by the Rothschild Foundation, and organised by Tortoise…

Author(s): Beth George, Natasha Good, Giles Pratt

  • ai
  • data
  • eu ai act
  • eu ai liability directive
  • europe
  • global
  • regulatory
  • tech media and telecoms
  • us

The 2024 Responsible AI Forum: Making the rules for AI

Freshfields is Knowledge Partner for the Responsible AI Forum 2024. Hosted by the Rothschild Foundation and organised by Tortoise Media, the annual Responsible AI Forum sees well-known figures from…

Author(s): Giles Pratt

  • regulation
  • risk
  • ai
  • intellectual property
  • data

Regulating AI Globally Mimics a Six-Dimensional Game of Chess

Freshfields attorneys address the global nature of regulating AI and the many factors companies must monitor as governments and regulators advance new policies. (Article published by Bloomberg Law, 5…

Author(s): Giles Pratt, Natasha Good, Beth George

  • regulation
  • risk
  • ai
  • intellectual property
  • data

Generative AI driving the M&A landscape

Background Generative AI is everywhere. The world’s brightest minds are racing to excel in what is expected to be the single most important game changer since the internet. The industry is on the…

Author(s): Thomas Mollnhuber

  • ai
  • corporate
  • data
  • eu ai act
  • innovation
  • legaltech
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • tech media and telecoms

AI Output: International Thoughts on Patent and Copyright Protection (Part 2: Patents)

Recent decisions around the world have begun to shed light on the question of whether works and inventions produced using GenAI systems are eligible for copyright and patent protection. In this two…

Author(s): Zofia Aszendorf, Benjamin Foster, Marissa Yu, Jingyi Chiew, Richard Bird, Matthias Hofer

  • ai
  • innovation
  • intellectual property
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