In a recent webinar forming part of DLA Piper’s ‘Digital Evolution in conversation with’ series, Technology Transactions and Sourcing partner Lauren Hurcombe caught up with Gareth Stokes and Jeanne Dauzier, DLA Piper’s International Co-Chairs of the AI Practice, to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by navigating AI from a sourcing perspective.
Contracting for AI
Last week, World Menopause Day spotlighted a critical issue impacting half the population. The UK government estimated menopause costs the UK economy 14 million working days annually due to women taking time off due to some of the debilitating symptoms. These include hot flushes, insomnia, low mood and/or anxiety, problems with memory and concentration, and
As the first court in Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court (‘Landgericht Hamburg‘) ruled on Artificial Intelligence whether datasets used for AI training activities may infringe German copyright law (Judgment as of 27 September 2024 – file no. 310 O 227/23).
Background
The plaintiff is a photographer who made one of his photos freely available to
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, the conversation around AI bias and its implications has never been more urgent. Businesses are racing to leverage AI for data-driven decision-making, yet many overlook a critical issue: the very algorithms designed to enhance efficiency can perpetuate existing societal biases. Recent high-profile examples of AI
This year, our DLA Piper Tech Index is global, and captures the views of an even wider cross section of organizations working in the technology space. The report itself contains fascinating and granular findings on a range of important topics, and we consider here the key points relevant for CGFR organizations – a sector well-known
Our webinar explored liability that can be incurred from the creation use or deployment of AI systems and raised some important questions around the current and future regulatory landscape applicable to AI and liability. We also discussed the regulatory and tortious liability regimes in the UK and across the EU and considered the potential for
There is finally some clarity around how artificial intelligence (AI) regulation is going to look in Australia.
Industries around the world have been hugely affected by global events over the past several years. Wars, famine and water shortages, political unrest and pandemics have all contributed to persistent supply constraints for some of the modern world’s most important commodities. One product that is particularly central to almost every part of our daily lives
It’s fair to say that Aotearoa New Zealand’s approach to regulation (and empowerment) of the rapid adoption of AI-enabled solutions has been conspicuous in its absence to date. New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner is the only regulator to have released substantive guidance for businesses adopting AI-enabled solutions (see our thoughts on that here). Meanwhile, we
Due to an exponential growth in the investment in female health and wellbeing, Forbes and Dealroom reported that 2023 saw 1.14 billion USD raised collectively across 120 deals in ‘FemTech’. The phrase refers to technology products and services that help to solve the health needs and concerns suffered disproportionately or solely by females. With an