artificial intelligence
Lawyers Must Responsibly Embrace Generative AI
The legal industry is on the brink of transformative change driven by the power of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies such as ChatGPT. Goldman Sachs has predicted GAI could propel a 7 percent (or almost $7 trillion) increase in global …
Skadden Discusses How Supreme Court Decision in Jack Daniel’s May Affect AI-Generated Works
Among the various types of AI-generated works that are being created and marketed nowadays are works that replicate the sound or visual images of specific artists. In many cases, these works, or the models or tools that helped generate them, …
Skadden Discusses Evaluating and Managing AI Risk Using the NIST Framework
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology into corporate environments has left many organizations understandably struggling with how to identify, measure and manage the unique risks of these nascent systems. Organizations are also trying to determine a pathway to …
Chat GPT and Corporate Political Speech
ChatGPT and artificial intelligence (“AI”) generally might enhance our lives in many ways, but some people fear significant, pernicious outcomes as well. For instance, in a recent poll of 1,000 U.S. business leaders, almost half said their companies had already …
What Should We Do About ChatGPT?
Almost everyone seems to be talking about ChatGPT. This new AI-enabled chatbot, which can swiftly produce answers that feel as if a human wrote them, promises to revolutionize how we generate text. Although ChatGPT emerged just a few months ago, …
Debevoise Discusses Malicious Corporate Deepfakes
Content generated by artificial intelligence (“AI”) continues to improve and become more convincing. These realistic images, audio, and videos, where used for purposes of a misrepresentation or to falsely spread information, are commonly dubbed “deepfakes.” Governments around the world are …
Economic and Normative Implications of Algorithmic Credit Scoring
Commercial use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating and transforming nearly every economic, social, and political domain. Yet, academic commentary on algorithmic decision-making in financial services has warned that historical data could result in biased algorithmic tools.[1] Bias, among …
Covington Discusses Responsibly Audited AI and the ESG/AI Nexus
Companies have increasingly leveraged artificial intelligence (“AI”) to facilitate decisions in the extension of credit and financial lending as well as hiring decisions. AI tools have the potential to produce efficiencies in processes but have also recently faced scrutiny for …
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses the Myth of Artificial Intelligence Errors
Machines are increasingly making important decisions that have traditionally been made by humans, such as who should get a job interview or who should receive a loan. For valid legal, reputational, and technical reasons, many organizations and regulators do not …
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses the EU AI Liability Directive’s Impact on Artificial Intelligence Legal Risks
On September 28, 2022, the European Commission released a proposal to change the legal landscape for companies developing and implementing artificial intelligence in EU Member States. This AI Liability Directive would require Member States to implement rules that would significantly …
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses White House’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
On October 4, 2022, the White House released the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (the “Blueprint”), which provides non-binding “principles” for organizations in both the public and private sectors to use when developing or deploying artificial intelligence (“AI”) …
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses How to Protect AI Models and Data
One of the most difficult challenges for cybersecurity professionals is the increasing complexity of corporate systems. Mergers, vendor integrations, new software tools and remote work all expand the footprint of companies’ information systems, creating a larger attack surface for hackers. …
Machine Learning, Algorithmic Trading, and Manipulation
Trading in financial markets is increasingly dominated by algorithms. They enable trading at speeds and levels of adaptiveness that are impossible for human beings. A key question for the legal system is whether these algorithms will disrupt the efficiency and …
Machine Learning and the Future of Tax Valuation
The tax law handles many computational issues with extraordinary efficiency. Need to compute employment taxes? The Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) lays out the rate for doing so. Need to ascertain the dollar amount deductible for business mileage expenses? Treasury regulations …
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses Federal Regulators’ Focus on AI and Consumer Protection in Finance
As financial institutions increasingly deploy artificial intelligence (“AI”), including machine learning and automated decision-making technologies, across their business lines, U.S. federal regulators have started to scrutinize the consumer protection implications of these technologies. Most recently, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), …
Shearman & Sterling Discusses Financial Regulators’ Request on How Firms Use AI
On March 29, the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration (the “Federal Agencies”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) …
What Can Autonomous Corporations Teach Us About Legal Personhood?
Corporations are increasingly using technology to conduct business, seeking greater automation and efficiencies while decreasing costs. Indeed, several states are considering changes to their business-formation laws to accommodate completely automated businesses – those run through, or by, self-executing computer code …
Fintech and International Financial Regulation
In the weeks leading up to Ant Financial’s ill-fated IPO, Jack Ma criticized the system of international banking regulation in remarks at the Bund Summit in Shanghai. The Alibaba co-founder contended that the current framework was a poor match for …
How to Talk When a Machine is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI
The annual report, like other regulatory filings, is more than a legal requirement; it provides an opportunity for public companies to communicate their financial health, promote their culture and brand, and engage with a full spectrum of stakeholders. How readers …
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