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Legal Technology.com Reports US law firms McDermott Will & Emery and Akin both announced yesterday (30 September) that they have appointed directors of AI, becoming the latest firms to create and fill this new role.  Akin announced that Jeff Westcott has rejoined the firm as director of practice technology & AI innovation, where he will focus on leveraging AI

Header Image – Author: Chiraag Bains Here’s the introduction As developments in artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate, advocates have rightly focused on the technology’s potential to cause or exacerbate discrimination. Policymakers are considering a host of protections, from disclosure and audit requirements for AI products to prohibitions on the use of AI in sensitive contexts. At the

The Artificial Lawyer reports The Karnov Group, which is headquartered in Sweden and has bases in Denmark, Norway, France, Spain and Portugal, has launched KAILA (Karnov AI Legal Assistant), an LLM-based capability to take its extensive legal data collections to a new level of utility for lawyers. https://www.karnovgroup.dk/da-dk/kaila-support KAILA delivers ‘precise and reliable answers along with source

UK Law Society Gazette Reports The legal profession must be at the forefront of global efforts to ensure the spread of artificial intelligence is governed for the benefit of humanity, the world’s largest gathering of lawyers has heard. In what it described as a ‘call to action for the legal community to embrace AI responsibly

A new California law will allow performers to back out of existing contracts if vague language might allow studios to freely use AI to digitally clone their voices and likeness. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off Tuesday on legislation aiming at protecting Hollywood actors and performers against unauthorized artificial intelligence that could be used to

Like a slew of innovations that preceded it — from the telegraph to nanotechnology — artificial intelligence is both changing a wide swath of our landscape and raising an equally broad set of concerns.Source: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-research-policy-regulation-degree/ At Berkeley Law, a Silicon Valley neighbor long renowned for its top technology law programs, the faculty, students, research centers,

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is now accepting applications for the new AI-focused LL.M. program. The program will award an AI Law and Regulation certificate for students in the LL.M. executive track to further equip legal professionals to navigate the complexities of AI. Students will build core skills and knowledge in areas including