Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, bringing both innovation and legal complexity. As businesses and regulators grapple with AI’s rapid evolution, legal professionals must navigate emerging risks, regulatory challenges and ethical concerns.
In this video series, I navigate the evolving intersection of AI and the law, unpacking key challenges such as bias, reliability, intellectual property and the rise of deepfakes. Each episode dives into a critical aspect of AI regulation, exploring its far-reaching implications for businesses, individuals, and society as a whole.
Blending clear analysis with practical insights—and the occasional robot, dinosaur, or asteroid hurtling through space—this series is designed to equip businesses, legal professionals and technologists with the knowledge they need to navigate the rapidly shifting legal landscape of AI.
Episodes in the series
1. Introduction
In this introductory episode, I set the stage for the series by outlining the key legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence, starting with the problem of how to define it.
2. Terms and concepts
AI-generated misinformation, or “hallucinations”, can have serious legal and ethical implications. In this episode, I look at how some basic AI systems work, consider some common problems with them (including hallucinations), and discuss ways to avoid the pitfalls.
3. Bias
AI bias is one of the most significant challenges in machine learning, with far-reaching consequences for fairness, discrimination and compliance with equality laws. This episode explores how AI bias can arise, and the legal and regulatory landscape surrounding biased AI decision-making.
4. Deepfakes
Deepfakes and synthetic media pose unprecedented challenges to privacy, reputation and security. In this episode, I consider the legal and ethical challenges posed by deepfake technology, explore remedies for victims and discuss regulatory approaches to deepfakes in the UK and EU.
5. Intellectual property
As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, intellectual property law faces new uncertainties. Who owns the rights to AI-generated works? Can an AI system be considered an author? In episode 5, I delve into the complex intersection of AI and intellectual property, exploring how evolving technologies challenge traditional laws on patents, copyrights and more.
6. Wrapping up
In the final episode of the series, I reflect on the broader relationship between AI and the law, consider future regulatory trends, discuss the evolving role of legal professionals in shaping AI governance…and I answer the big question of the series.
