AI on Trial: Liability in the AI Ecosystem will bring together a diverse group of leading experts to discuss potential legal frameworks and challenges in holding AI creators, deployers, and users accountable for harms caused by AI systems.

Supported by the Omidyar Network, this conference will unveil and examine a series of legal primers, to be published on Lawfare, addressing various aspects of AI liability, including:

• Negligence and AI
• Products liability in the context of AI systems
• Regulatory enforcement mechanisms
• Intellectual property theories of liability
• First Amendment considerations in AI regulation.

Register for free.

Agenda

9:15–9:45 am | Registration and coffee

9:45–10:00 am | Opening remarks

10:00–11:30 am | “Old Laws, New Tech: How Traditional Legal Doctrines Tackle AI”: This panel examines how traditional legal regimes like tort law and intellectual property law are leading the charge today for holding AI developers, distributors, and users accountable for the harm caused by their systems.

11:30–12:45 pm | Lunch and fireside chat with David Lawrence of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division

12:45–2:15 pm | “AI Regulation and Free Speech: Navigating the Government’s Tightrope”: This panel explores two important overarching issues facing AI regulation: the role of government regulators and the limitation imposed by the First Amendment.

2:15–2:30 pm | Closing remarks