Testing AI systems is essential for ensuring their effectiveness, reliability and safety in real-world applications. Companies can employ various mechanisms to rigorously evaluate their AI technologies.
In “Is Your AI Testing Tool a Breach of Contract Claim Waiting to Happen?”, colleagues Mia Rendar and Sam Reno explore how, as AI products grow in both
Communications, Media & Entertainment
Strategic Shifts in Travel: AmexGBT Acquires CWT and Booking.com Rethinks Sustainability Ratings
By Greg Duff
This week’s Update features multiple stories and perspectives on AmexGBT’s newly announced acquisition of CWT and Booking.com’s decision to drop its own sustainability ratings. I hope you enjoy.
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- AmexGBT Set to Acquire Rival Travel Management Company CWT. First the details . . . According to AmexGBT CEO, Paul Abbott, the $570 million acquisition will allow
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Creating Harmony: The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music Launch an Inquiry into AI and the Music Industry
By Ayo Adebajo
On 25 January 2024, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music (APPG) launched its inquiry into artificial intelligence (AI) and the music industry in the UK. Ayo Adebajo and Josh Gallichan discuss the inquiry, as well as further regulatory principles and concerns arising out of the use of AI by music industry stakeholders.
The All-Party Parliamentary…
Copyright Counseling and Protection: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit
Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable’s popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization’s legal risk. Click here to download the entire Tool Kit, and tune in to the Ad Law Tool Kit Show podcast, to hear an author of this chapter dive deeper into copyright counseling and…
Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy | Pratt’s Energy Law Report
The potential of artificial intelligence to transform industries is well-established, but what exactly does that mean for a specific industry?
For Pratt’s Energy Law Report, Robert A. James, Aimee P. Ghosh, Cara M. MacDonald and the Hon. Jerry McNerney take readers on a deeper dive exploring the opportunities, risks and regulations in the…
Event in Review: 10th Advertising Law Symposium
Venable’s Advertising and Marketing Group hosted its 10th Advertising Law Symposium on March 21 in Washington, DC. The group welcomed in-house counsel, advertising executives, and marketing professionals for a full day of sessions on the latest developments in advertising law and what to watch for soon.
Here are some highlights:
Patchwork of Privacy Laws Makes…
ELVIS Adds (His) Voice to the Protection of Artists Against AI-Generated Deepfakes
In an effort to provide its musical artists some protection from AI-generated deepfakes of their voices, the state of Tennessee recently enacted ELVIS seeking a cure. Specifically, Tennessee passed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which goes into effect July 1 of this year. The ELVIS Act replaced Tennessee’s existing rights law…
The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 3)
By Simon Hembt
Read the first part in this series here and the second part in this series here.
Navigating Consumer Protection Laws in GenAI-Enhanced Gaming
The integration of GenAI into the gaming industry will bring Consumer Protection Laws back into focus. These laws, designed to protect the rights of players as consumers, now present new legal…
EU Passes Comprehensive Law on Artificial Intelligence, Heralding a New Era of AI Regulation
On March 13, 2024, the EU Parliament voted to pass the EU’s much-discussed AI Act (with 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions). For an insight into the AI Act’s progression through the EU lawmaking system, see our earlier posts: here, here and here.
The legal text of the regulation will…
Generative AI Hallucinations and the Risks of Fact-Free Certainty for Tax Research
With millions of people already using artificial intelligence (AI) to perform a variety of personal tasks and companies integrating large language model (LLM) services for professional use, concerns over the frequency with which generative AI produces inaccurate content—and for users who may too readily assume that the content is factual—are mounting, along with multiple examples…