Artificial Intelligence

• AI governance – the design and rollout of AI governance and risk management frameworks, policies and other related documentation, and uplifts.
• Risk assessments – conducting AI risk and compliance assessments.
• Data governance – data governance and privacy issues across the lifecycle of AI systems.
• ESG – the interaction of AI with (and the impact of its adoption on) ESG agendas.
• Insurance – insurance policy placement and the scope of key coverage clauses and exclusions.
• Training – for boards, senior executives, incident response teams and internal business users.

• AI procurement lifecycle – all stages of development, commercialisation and licensing of AI models and outputs, from the design of procurement processes, to contract negotiation, ongoing vendor management and disengagement.
• Collaboration structures – collaboration and partnership structures for the development and use of AI technology and/or AI-generated outputs.
• Supply chain risk management – uplifting supplier management frameworks (and related documentation) to address AI risks.
• IP protection – strategies to protect the value of AI models, inputs and AI-generated outputs.
• Open source licensing – navigating open source licensing models relevant to procuring and releasing AI code.
• Customer-facing terms (eg terms of service, privacy policies and collection notices) – updating documentation to reflect how data is collected and used to train, evaluate and operate AI models, and use/licensing of customer content.

• Seeking out and developing relationships – by leveraging Allens Accelerate, seeking out and developing relationships with burgeoning tech companies operating in the AI space.
• Capital raisings and M&A opportunities – corporate transactions (both investor and sell-side) in the AI sector.
• Due diligence – managing due diligence processes to identify, respond to and mitigate AI-related risks.

• AI incident readiness and resilience – preparing and uplifting incident response plans and playbooks to address AI incidents (including those involving misinformation and impersonation threats), and facilitating tabletop exercises.
• Notifications – breach notification strategies, including preparing and coordinating communications to regulators, affected individuals, the market and other stakeholders.
• PIRs – conducting post-incident reviews.
• Related risks – managing potential regulatory and other contagion exposures.
• Cyber incident response and PI and sensitivity assessments – identification of PI and commercially sensitive information, including to support regulatory and contractual notification requirements.

• Disputes – disputes and claims arising from the use and operation of AI systems (eg defamation claims from content produced by an AI system, privacy violations and product liability claims).
• IP rights – enforcement of intellectual property rights, defending infringement claims and challenging the validity of IP.
• Defence strategy – developing defence strategies canvassing legal and factual matters, and designing innovative options for commercial resolution.

Our award-winning Innovation & Digital Solutions team has a rich history of using AI, both to improve our own business processes and to support  our clients.  As early adopters, we have a first-hand understanding of the opportunities, risks, limitations and capabilities of AI.

Our team can assist with:

• Enhancing in-house legal operations – driving efficiency and supporting the optimisation of service delivery for in-house legal teams through the use of AI and other technologies (eg Microsoft 365).
• Generative AI work programs – advising on the design and rollout of generative AI work programs, preparing key policies and other related documentation.  
• AI-enabled services & products – developing and deploying AI-enabled legal products and services for our clients to use within their organisation and in collaboration with us.
• Leveraging AI on-matter to drive efficiency and reduce costs – leveraging AI to efficiently conduct discovery, respond to document production requests from regulators and aid in contract review and due diligence. Our team of multi-disciplinary experts incorporates leading technologies on matter; to surface insights, increase efficiency and reduce costs in line with established best practice.