Getting Legal on AI - Part II

There are some who claim that reading legal boilerplate makes watching paint dry seem exciting. Some of those people might even be lawyers.  But the issues associated with the ever-increasing presence of AI make consideration of legal issues and vulnerabilities more important than ever.  In Part I of this series, we considered qualitative issues, as opposed to the quantitative ones that often arise when considering adoption of AI techniques. Right at the top of the list of important considerations before an AI investment decision is made are contractual issues that must be given their due.

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Asking the Tough Questions on AI - Part 1

The battle of qualitative over quantitative analysis has gone on for decades (if not eons). But as artificial intelligence has been deployed in new and more systematic and sophisticated ways in business and politics as well as in science, it is critical for those who use this information to consider its vulnerabilities before relying on the results it produces.

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Get Ready for GDPR

The need to meet GDPR obligations is just around the corner.

In about 10 weeks (on May 25, to be exact), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect not only across European Union member countries, but anywhere that personal data that originates in any of these countries is stored, processed, or retained.  This is important.  STORED, PROCESSED or RETAINED.

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Net Neutrality: Taking the Battle to Consumers

Proponents red and blue, at state and federal levels, are gunning for the FCC on behalf of their constituents.
Sometimes what seems like a good idea philosophically doesn't work well practically. Think of 1985's "New Coke." Or 2017's decision by the Federal Communications Commission to abandon the 2015 Net neutrality rules.

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FCC Attempts to Weaken Broadband Standard

Rather than hold providers accountable, the Commission wants to lower speed requirements and loosen definition of competition.You may have missed this item with the uproar around the FCC's recent decision to repeal Net neutrality rules, but the agency is prepared to harm consumers further by changing the definition of what constitutes “broadband service” for compliance purposes.

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