A webinar replay of the Get Smart with AI webinar series session Strategic Contracting to Reduce Risk is now available.
Webinar Replay: Data Privacy and Security Landscape – Wearable Fitness and Health Tech
A replay of the Duane Morris webinar The Data Privacy and Security Landscape: Let’s Talk About Tech ‒ Wearable Fitness and Health Tech is now available.
Artificial Intelligence Updates – 11.08.23
#HelloWorld. The days are now shorter, but this issue is longer. President Biden’s October 30 Executive Order deserves no less. Plus, the UK AI Safety Summit warrants a drop-by, and three copyright and right-to-publicity theories come under a judicial microscope. Read on to catch up. Let’s stay smart together.
Read more on The Artificial Intelligence Blog.
AI Executive Order Impacts Different Sectors
The White House’s October 30, 2023, Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence signals increased governmental regulation over the development and use of artificial intelligence models. While the United States currently does not have a comprehensive AI regulation regime, many federal government agencies already regulate the use and development of AI through a complex framework of rules and regulations. President Biden’s order promises to add a new layer of complexity by introducing sweeping changes affecting a wide variety of industries.
Read the Duane Morris Alert on the most significant changes stemming from the White House’s AI executive order.
EO: Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed the new Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. The order is built on previous AI initiatives based on voluntary commitments the White House secured from leading AI companies and represents the first major binding government action on the technology. As such, the executive order depicts the latest U.S. government efforts in monitoring and regulating the risks of AI while also harnessing its potential in the economic, national security and social spheres.
Read the full Alert on the Duane Morris website.
Executive Order Signifies Shift in Artificial Intelligence Use
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order (the “EO”) providing guidance for employers on the emerging utilization of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace. The EO establishes industry standards for AI security, innovation, and safety across significant employment sectors. Spanning over 100 pages, the robust EO endeavors to set parameters for responsible AI use, seeking to harness AI for good while mitigating risks associated with AI usage.
Read more on the Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog.
Webinar: Strategic Contracting to Reduce Risk in AI
Duane Morris will present the next session in the Get Smart with AI webinar series, Strategic Contracting to Reduce Risk, a Zoom webinar on risk mitigation strategies for AI use in business, on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
For more information and to register, visit the Duane Morris website.
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Add a Breach Notification Requirement
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule that would require nonbanking financial institutions to report a breach of unencrypted customer information involving at least 500 customers. The notice must be provided as soon as possible, and no later than 30 days after discovery. The new requirement becomes effective 180 days after publication of the rule in the Federal Register.
Read the full Alert on the Duane Morris LLP website.
Artificial Intelligence Updates – 10.25.23
#HelloWorld. October swirls with AI headlines, but one senses a running-to-stand-still quality. Like the opening moves in a chess game, players continue to arrange regulatory and litigation pieces on the board, but the first true clash still awaits. Let’s stay smart together.
Read more on The Artificial Intelligence Blog.
Thoughts on AI from the EEOC
USA-based companies are embracing use of artificial intelligence. At the 32nd Annual Employment Employment Practices Liability Insurance Conference in Chicago, Jerry Maatman of the Duane Morris Class Action Defense Group served as one of the co-hosts of the Conference, which addressed a broad range of topics on employment-related litigation and risk transfer strategies. Commissioner Keith Sonderling of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gave the keynote address at the Conference on the Legal Implications of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the Workplace. Commission Sonderling shred his thoughts on the what, how, and why corporations should be “looking around the corner” to ready themselves for new class action theories and possible EEOC litigation over the use of AI.