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March 29, 2019 - Artificial Intelligence
Employment Practices and Future Technologies - Taking the Human Out of Human Resources
The machines are taking over. Not always apparent, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are finding footholds in numerous industries. One area in which AI is rapidly on the rise relates to employment practices and employee control. But before embracing the future,
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February 26, 2019 - Artificial Intelligence
Federal Government Expansion and Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies
By: Tina D. Reynolds
By all accounts 2019 will bring significant expansion in the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) by the U.S. federal government. Notwithstanding some well-publicized rejections by industry of the use of their AI technologies for offensive military and surveillance applications, the federal government
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November 20, 2018 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence
Opportunity to Comment on Emerging Technologies Subject to Future Export and Investment Restrictions
By: Joseph A. Benkert, Robert S. Litt and Charles L. Capito
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM or the “Notice”) on November 19, 2018, concerning the list of “emerging and foundational technologies” that BIS was tasked to identify under the Export Control Reform
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November 19, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union
Algorithms can reduce discrimination, but only with proper data
By: Lokke Moerel
Since the advent of artificial intelligence technology, there have been countless instances of machine learning algorithms yielding discriminatory outcomes. For instance, crime prediction tools frequently assign disproportionately higher risk scores to ethnic minorities. This is not because of an error in the algorithm, but
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October 10, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence
U.S. DOT Revamps Federal Guidance on Automated Vehicle Development and Rollout
By: Erin M. Bosman
Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (“AV 3.0”). AV 3.0, released on October 4, 2018, incorporates extensive stakeholder feedback to
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August 17, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union
Can the EU become a leader in AI Technology?
By: Alistair Maughan
The European Commission has stated that it wants to establish the EU as a leader in the AI industry in order to, among other things, discontinue non-EU companies’ dominance of the EU tech market. Nevertheless, the Commission’s goals for increasing the use of AI
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July 20, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Artificial Intelligence
Managing Corporate AI
By: Stephanie Lynn Sharron
When companies employ artificial intelligence technologies they have to be mindful of the legal and ethical problems those technologies might cause. While the scope of legal concerns surrounding AI technologies’ impact is broad, of particular concern are instances of unlawful bias and discrimination, privacy
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June 19, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Artificial Intelligence, European Union
If Algorithms Take Over Routine Work, This Also Kills our Expertise
By: Lokke Moerel
In this opinion piece, Morrison & Foerster Senior of Counsel Lokke Moerel challenges current predictions of the ways in which Artificial (AI) Intelligence is going to transform our jobs. Drawing a parallel with how using sat nav systems has impacted our navigation skills, she
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May 21, 2018 - Artificial Intelligence, European Union
The EU’s Strategy for AI Investment
By: Alistair Maughan and Sana Ashcroft
The European Union has laid out a strategy to promote the growth of Artificial Intelligence technology in Europe. As so often with EU initiatives, the initiatives designed to implement the strategy are long on vision but short on specific practical changes. EU-based entities will
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March 02, 2018 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence
Personal Delivery Devices (PDD): New Transportation Frontiers Emerge for Autonomous Vehicle Rulemakers
By: Tessa J. Schwartz
When most people think of autonomous vehicles (AVs), expansive highways filled with driverless sports utility vehicles and 18-wheelers likely spring to mind. But there’s another whole category of driverless vehicles in need of regulation: personal delivery devices (PDDs), small autonomous vehicles that mostly use
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