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- Understanding the Copyrightability of AI: Insights from the U.S. Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office released its second report dealing with artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. The report, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Copyrightability, unsurprising, concludes that copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material where there is ins … Read more »
- Copyright AI: Understanding Substantive Legal Developments
I had the pleasure of speaking yesterday at the Law Society of Ontario’s 29th Intellectual Property Law Program: The year in Review. I was speaking on a panel “Artificial Intelligence: Substantive Legal Developments in Copyright Claims” along with Sana Halwani. Program can be found @ https://lnkd.in … Read more »
- Will Canada violate its treaty obligations after Supreme Court weakens presumption of conformance?
There is a principle of statutory interpretation that Canadian legislation is presumed to operate in conformity with Canada’s international treaty obligations. This presumption avoids interpreting a law in a way that conflicts with Canada’s international obligations and censure under international l … Read more »
- Exploring the Challenges of AI Regulation
Regulating AI sounds good in theory, but has many challenges in practice. The key is to protect the public from material risks of harm, but without over regulating technological progress and innovation. One of my major criticisms of AIDA, Canada’s proposed artificial intelligence law, was that it wo … Read more »
- AI Regulation in Australia: Opportunities and Challenges
Australia’s Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) just released a report addressing that country’s opportunities, challenges, and regulatory frameworks with respect to AI technologies. Like, Canada and many other countries globally, Australia is seeking to promote the use … Read more »