Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Privacy

This dialog will likely be hosted and moderated by Professor Aileen Nielsen.

Synthetic intelligence (AI) purposes are inherently data-intensive, requiring substantial info as enter whereas generally producing outputs with important privateness implications. The widespread adoption of AI instruments prompts important questions on using personal knowledge in the course of the growth and deployment of those transformative applied sciences. Moreover, new challenges come up on the intersection of mental property and privateness, as each fields are evolving quickly in response to technological and market improvements in generative AI.

Trendy AI methods introduce complicated questions which will fall outdoors the scope of present self-regulatory frameworks or conventional statutory legal guidelines. Within the U.S., states are actively innovating and intervening to handle digital privateness considerations. On this dialog, Microsoft Chief Privateness Officer Julie Brill and Harvard Regulation College Visiting Professor Aileen Nielsen will discover the present panorama of privateness regulation in america and worldwide. They may even focus on rising legislative and regulatory traits as policymakers grapple with the governance of AI.

Sponsored by the Orrick Fund for the Colloquium on Cybersecurity/Cyberlaw.
 

Participant Biographies 

Julie Brill serves as Microsoft’s Chief Privateness Officer and Company Vice President for World Privateness, Security, and Regulatory Affairs. She leads the corporate’s efforts in addressing tech coverage, regulatory, and authorized points underpinning the worldwide digital transformation. As a central determine in Microsoft’s advocacy for accountable knowledge use and coverage worldwide, Brill brings a wealth of expertise to the position.

Earlier than becoming a member of Microsoft, Brill was nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to function a Commissioner of the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) from 2010 to 2016. She has additionally been a associate and co-chair of privateness and safety on the international legislation agency Hogan Lovells, Senior Deputy Legal professional Normal and Chief of Shopper Safety and Antitrust for the North Carolina Division of Justice, and Assistant Legal professional Normal for Shopper Safety and Antitrust for the State of Vermont.

Aileen Nielsen is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard Regulation College, the place she teaches privateness legislation and torts. Her analysis focuses on the interaction of legislation and expertise, drawing on empirical strategies and personal legislation matters. She has written two commerce books on machine studying and has additionally labored in trade as a knowledge scientist.