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Lawfare Daily: Old Laws, New Tech: How Traditional Legal Doctrines Tackle AI

Chinmayi Sharma, Catherine Sharkey, Bryan H. Choi, Katrina Geddes , Jen Patja
Thursday, December 26, 2024, 8:00 AM
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At a recent conference co-hosted by Lawfare and the Georgetown Institute for Law and Technology, Fordham law professor Chinny Sharma moderated a conversation on "Old Laws, New Tech: How Traditional Legal Doctrines Tackle AI,” between NYU law professor Catherine Sharkey, Ohio State University law professor Bryan Choi, and NYU and Cornell Tech postdoctoral fellow Kat Geddes.

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Chinmayi Sharma is an Associate Professor at Fordham Law School. Her research and teaching focus on internet governance, platform accountability, cybersecurity, and computer crime/criminal procedure. Before joining academia, Chinmayi worked at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, a telecommunications law firm in Washington, D.C., clerked for Chief Judge Michael F. Urbanski of the Western District of Virginia, and co-founded a software development company.
Catherine M. Sharkey is the Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy at New York University Law School.
Bryan H. Choi is an Associate Professor of Law and Computer Science & Engineering at the Ohio State University. His scholarship focuses on software safety, the challenges to constructing a workable software liability regime, and data privacy.
Katrina Geddes is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU School of Law and the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech. Her research focuses on technology law, intellectual property, and information capitalism.
Jen Patja is the editor and producer of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization that empowers the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement. She is the former Deputy Director of the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier and has been a freelance editor for over 20 years.

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