Across the Pond: AI Regulatory Efforts in the U.S. and the E.U.

Overview

Governments worldwide are building the regulatory frameworks that will shape AI use and address its risks and ethical concerns. The U.S. and E.U. take somewhat distinct paths: the U.S. emphasizes fostering innovation while the E.U. adopts a more stringent, transparency- and ethics-focused approach. This course, led by AI industry leaders, gives an overview of AI and generative AI, reviews the piecemeal U.S. approach and the E.U.'s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (which categorizes AI by risk level), and compares the diverging priorities and their implications. Part of the AI Legal and Technological Excellence Series.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Understand artificial intelligence, generative AI, and the need for AI regulation
• ✓Describe the current state of AI regulation in the United States
• ✓Explain the E.U.'s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act and its risk-based categorization
• ✓Compare and contrast U.S. and E.U. AI regulatory priorities and potential conflicts

Curriculum

1. 1. Across the Pond: ​AI Regulatory Efforts in the U.S. and the E.U.

   Overview of the Course The past few years have been characterized by a sharp rise in the interest and awareness of artificial intelligence, largely engendered by popular generative AI services. As this technology increasingly permeates daily life across a spectrum of existing and developing functions, from voice assistants to text generation to autonomous vehicles, governments worldwide are beginning to establish the regulatory framework that will shape AI use and address its dangers and ethical concerns. The United States and the European Union are two major powers in the process of creating such guardrails for the technology, with somewhat distinct priorities. While the US is focused on fostering innovation, the EU is adopting a more stringent approach, emphasizing AI's ethical implica

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Karen Silverman

CEO and Founder, The Cantellus Group

The Cantellus Group

Karen Silverman is the CEO and founder of The Cantellus Group, an advisory firm focused on the governance of artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies. She counsels organizations on responsible AI deployment, ethics, and regulatory strategy.

Daniel Dobrygowski

Head of Governance and Trust, World Economic Forum; Faculty, Columbia

World Economic Forum · Columbia University

Daniel Dobrygowski is Head of Governance and Trust at the World Economic Forum and a faculty member at Columbia. He works on international technology governance and comparative AI regulatory efforts.