Cybersecurity & Tech

AI on Trial: Liability in the AI Ecosystem Conference

Anna Hickey
Thursday, September 12, 2024, 9:49 AM
Registration is open for the conference, which will feature discussions of AI liability.

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On Friday, September 27, Lawfare and the Institute of Technology, Law, and Policy at Georgetown Law will host a conference on the landscape of AI liability. AI on Trial: Liability in the AI Ecosystem will bring together a diverse group of leading experts to discuss potential legal frameworks and challenges in holding AI creators, deployers, and users accountable for harms caused by AI systems.

The conference will feature remarks from:

  • Bryan Choi, Associate Professor of Law and Computer Science, The Ohio State University
  • Katrina Geddes, Joint Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University School of Law and Cornell Tech
  • Paul Ohm, Professor of Law and Chief Data Officer, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School; Senior Editor, Lawfare
  • Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy, New York University School of Law
  • Chinmayi Sharma, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
  • Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA School of Law

This conference will unveil and examine a series of legal primers, to be published on Lawfare, addressing various aspects of AI liability, including:

  • Negligence and AI
  • Products liability in the context of AI systems
  • Regulatory enforcement mechanisms
  • Intellectual property theories of liability
  • First Amendment considerations in AI regulation.

Register to attend the conference here


Anna Hickey is the associate editor for communications of Lawfare. She holds a B.A. in interdisciplinary studies: communications, legal studies, economics, and government with a minor in international studies from American University.

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