The Law of Artificial Intelligence 2nd ed

The Law of Artificial Intelligence is an essential practitioner's reference text examining the application of current regulation and civil and criminal laws to AI and emerging areas of AI-specific regulation and proposed law reforms. Topics include the fundamentals of AI technology, the general regulatory landscape and key regulatory frameworks, liability for harms involving AI, including product liability and professional negligence, IP and privacy and their impact on the training, use and outputs of AI, competition law concerns, criminal law and agency. The book also covers ethics and the use of AI within legal services and the administration of justice.

The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated including greatly expanded coverage of "generative" AI and new chapters on Human Rights, Public Law, Employment Law, Financial Services and Autonomous Vehicles.

The book is edited by the leading AI experts Matt Hervey, Head of Artificial Intelligence Law at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP, and Matthew Lavy KC at 4 Pump Court. The chapters are by specialists from the bar, private practice, academia and industry.

table of content

1. Introduction

 

2. The Technology

 

3. “Context Matters”: The Law, Ethics and AI

 

4. Human Rights (new)

 

5. International Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

 

6. Liability for Physical Damage

 

7. Liability for Economic Harm

 

8. AI and Professional Liability

 

9. Patents (New)

 

10. IP other than Patents

 

11. Data Protection and Privacy

 

12. Competition Law

 

13. Employment Law (New)

 

14. Public Law and Procurement Law

 

15. Criminal Law

 

16. Financial services (New)

 

17. Autonomous Vehicles (New)

 

18. Smart Contracts

 

19. Algorithms in the Justice System: Current Practices, Legal and Ethical Challenges

 

20. AI in the Legal Profession