By Tony Samp and Steven R. Phillips
In the latest issue of AI Outlook − a new DLA Piper publication that reports on the latest developments around artificial intelligence in Washington − we discuss the Trump Administration’s long-awaited guidelines governing how federal agencies should develop and use artificial intelligence (AI)
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By Margo H. K. Tank, David Whitaker, Andrew Grant and Liz Caires
On December 19, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce, released a study on demographic differentials for contemporary face recognition algorithms.
The study describes and quantifies demographic
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By Tony Samp and Steven R. Phillips
This issue of AI Outlook − a new DLA Piper publication that reports on the latest developments around artificial intelligence in Washington − we discuss next week’s House Oversight and Investigations Committee hearing, which will look into the national security implications of facial
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By Saher Valiani, Matt Holian and Jill Marinoff
Developments in technology are driving major change across all sectors and, in many cases, these changes are significantly impacting legal developments in a particular industry. In the past, pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigations typically commenced following major regulatory action
Continue Reading An intersection of technology and life sciences: The impact of big data and social media
As banks and other financial services companies adopt cloud computing for a variety of purposes, questions about the operational risks involved have emerged. In order to use the cloud, many banks are depending on cloud service providers to protect sensitive information rather than managing their own systems, with the potential
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By Kit Burden and Harry Jefferies
Alongside blockchain and, more recently, augmented reality and edge computing, artificial intelligence, AI, is another technology buzzword that is working its way into the business world. So what is AI? Simply put, it is the ambition to use machines to undertake decision making-based processes
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By Gregory Grossman and Heidi Azulay
The market for companies working at the intersection of real estate and technology is seeing explosive growth, as innovative new forms of technology impact how properties are constructed, occupied, managed, bought and sold.
Proptech is designed to streamline and connect processes for participants in
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Companies that use chat bots to interact with users in California now must comply with a new California law that is already in effect. The new law, which requires clear and conspicuous disclosures when bots are used in online communications in California, aims to reduce confusion
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Trial and error – with the vast majority of trials ending in error – has long been the default method of drug discovery. Of the USD2.6 billion spent each year on drug discovery by the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, at least nine-tenths will go toward funding drug research that will
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Written by Eric W. DeSilva and Michael A. Lewis
With the meteoric proliferation of “Internet of Things” (IOT) devices, there are an increasing number of innovators and inventors bringing “smart” products to market that capitalize on connectivity in ways never before imagined. While a great deal of resources are typically
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