The Law of Artificial Intelligence 2nd Edition

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.

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 The Technology
• Chapter 3 “Context Matters”: The Law, Ethics and AI
• Chapter 4 Human Rights (new)
• Chapter 5 International Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
• Chapter 6 Liability for Physical Damage
• Chapter 7 Liability for Economic Harm
• Chapter 8 AI and Professional Liability
• Chapter 9 Patents (New)
• Chapter 10 IP other than Patents
• Chapter 11 Data Protection and Privacy
• Chapter 12 Competition Law
• Chapter 13 Employment Law (New)
• Chapter 14 Public Law and Procurement Law
• Chapter 15 Criminal Law
• Chapter 16 Financial services (New)
• Chapter 17 Autonomous Vehicles (New)
• Chapter 18 Smart Contracts
• Chapter 19 Algorithms in the Justice System: Current Practices, Legal and Ethical Challenges
• Chapter 20 AI in the Legal Profession