Federal policymakers continued to focus on artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”) in the third quarter of 2019, including by introducing substantive bills that would regulate the use of such technology and by supporting bills aimed at further study of how such technology may impact different sectors. In our third AI &
AI & Ethics
When? Who? What? Where?
On Tuesday 28 May 2019, Ms. Nathalie Smuha, addresses the hot topic of Artificial Intelligence and ethics at Digityser in Brussels.
The EU High-level Expert Group
Ms. Smuha is a.o. closely involved in the work of the EU high-level expert group on AI which in April 2019 has delivered a first part
US President signs Executive Order Promoting Artificial Intelligence
This past week, US President Trump signed an executive order meant to spur the development and regulation of artificial intelligence.
AI technology is believed to define the future of everything from consumer products to health care to warfare.
The executive order is aimed to better educate workers in the field, improve access to the cloud
LegalTech Belgium overview
Olivier Mangelschots has drafted a visual overview of legal tech in Belgium in January 2019. This is the result:
These are the links to most of these:
- Document Management and Capture
- Contract Management
- Case and Workflow Management
- Eclipse
- LexisNexis
- Thomson Reuters
- Practice and Dossier
AI Update: Considerations for Patenting Artificial Intelligence in Europe and the United States
On November 1, the European Patent Office’s (EPO) updated Guidelines for Examination went into effect. Of note, the Guidelines include a new subsection on “artificial intelligence and machine learning.” This is the latest milestone in a recent world-wide wave of interest in patenting in the field of artificial intelligence. However, the legal framework for patenting
Plugging the “Gaps” on Transfers of U.S. Sensitive Emerging Technology: Dual-Use Export Control Statutory Authority Becomes Law
The Export Control Reform Act of 2018, included within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019, became law on August 13, 2018, and provides “modern” and permanent statutory authority for the U.S. Export Administration regulations (EAR), which control the export, re-export, and transfer of U.S. origin “dual-use” items.
As a result of
The Malicious Use Of AI – Why Those “Black Mirror” Scenarios May Be Closer Than We Think
Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are proving hugely beneficial for society, both at a commercial and individual level (e.g. face recognition and medical diagnostic technology, route mappers for navigation, robotic pets, cleaners and industrial robots). However, with the advancement of such technology, and the increasing integration of AI into our everyday lives, comes the potential
Proposed CFIUS Law Will Impose New Export Controls on US Businesses
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 (S. 2098/H.R. 4311, FIRRMA for short) was introduced in Congress to reform the national security review of foreign acquisitions of US businesses by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee). However, FIRRMA extends well beyond this purpose of reviewing acquisitions
No, counsel, machine translation is *not* just fine– yet. (This still applies in 2026.)
Another tech titan is getting into linguistics services. The same guys who’re jumping into the grocery biz to dethrone Walmart are launching a new foray into the machine translation (MT) game to dethrone Google Translate. You guessed it: Amazon, according to a CNBC report earlier this summer, hopes to take
EU Policy Update
The annual G 20 summit took place on July 7 and 8 under the presidency of Angela Merkel in the city of Hamburg, which had been put under siege by violent anti-globalization demonstrations.
Tensions on trade issues and the rejection of the Paris agreement on climate change by the U.S. President, Donald Trump, made it