Tag: AI

Legal and Ethical Issues in Posthumous Art and Artificial Intelligence

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Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Isabel Jonson
Copyright Law + Entertainment, Culture and the Arts + Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Posthumous art, defined as works created from an artist’s original molds, negatives or plans after an artist’s death, has always been subject to legal and ethical debate. Now, the debate has been reignited by artificial intelligence (“AI”), which generates new content in an artist’s style and may replicate an artist’s voice, image and likeness. The […]

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Facial Recognition Technology and Its Application in Educational and Other Sensitive Settings

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Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Isabel Jonson
Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Facial recognition technology (FRT), which measures an individual’s face to automate identity verification, dates back to the 1850s, when England introduced prison photography to track escaped prisoners. Now, sophisticated forms of FRT are used to unlock cellphones via facial identification features, by TSA agents to screen travelers and for policing sports stadiums and casinos. Outside the […]

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The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and Its Impact

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Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Sara Etemad-Moghadam
Internet and Social Media + Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

After a yearlong process of gathering input from communities, policymakers and experts across fields and sectors, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (“Office”) released a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights” (“Blueprint”) in fall 2022 to guide the responsible design, use and deployment of automated systems and artificial intelligence. The Office […]

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Copyright in AI-Generated Artwork

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Susan J. Lutzker
Copyright Law + Entertainment, Culture and the Arts + Internet and Social Media + Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

The copyright status of AI-generated art is in turmoil to say the least. The U.S. Copyright Office has repeatedly refused to register a two-dimensional work by computer scientist Stephen Thaler called “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” most recently in February 2022 when its Review Board denied a second request for reconsideration by Thaler. In his […]

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