Developing effective Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications entails the competence to identify relevant opportunities and challenges and address them strategically. This course aims to explore the nexus between AI and law and introduce contemporary and emerging issues in the field. It will study specific AI applications and identify related legal challenges and compare how key jurisdictions regulate such challenges. The course will cover potential legal risks and liability facing usage of AI and explore precautionary measures to limit liability. Contemporary legal issues in AI including data protection and privacy obligations, Intellectual Property Rights and regulation of algorithms will be comparatively studied.

CILO-1: Students will be able to identify the principal ethical and legal challenges facing the usage of AI in a wide field of applications. CILO-2: Students will be able to compare the different national, regional and global regulatory regimes to determine the compliance requirements facing the use of AI applications. CILO-3: Students will be able to recognize the cross-cutting nature of AI systems and related technologies, including but not limited to algorithms developed for Machine Learning, Big Data, fMRI or biometrics. CILO-4: Students will be able to appraise regulatory strategies in the light of specific regulatory regimes, such as those governing privacy and data protection, intellectual property rights and various other Al applications and related digital services. CILO-5: Students will be able devise strategies to protect against the potential legal disputes and liabilities, arising from the use of AI applications.