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Developers can now let an AI assistant write code for them - but what are the IP implications?

A year after its announcement, GitHub Copilot was launched last month to the public at large. The tool promises to "fundamentally change the nature of software development" by providing AI-based coding suggestions, saving developers time and effort. What are the intellectual property implications for those who build or buy software created using Copilot? The launch of Copilot also coincides with the UK Government's response to its public consultation on artificial intelligence and intellectual property, and the impact of the Government's proposals are also considered in the article.
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Copyright and AI: protecting value throughout the AI process

In this short article we will discuss how copyright may offer protection to investments in AI, especially in cases where AI software may fall short of patent protection.
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Employing AI: Artificial Intelligence in the US recruitment and hiring process

Is federal regulation on the horizon ?
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Trends 2022: All eyes on Artificial Intelligence

We look ahead to what the expect this year
Intellectual Property

EPO rules only humans can be inventors – another blow to the DABUS patents

This latest case show at least when it comes to patent inventorship, as things stand, humans are still the "measure of all things".

Predictions 2022

2022 Predictions on Tech from Jonathan Kewley, Co-head of the Clifford Chance Tech Group

Ethical design, the Splinternet, and AI horror stories! are Jonathan's major predictions for tech in 2022.

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Analysis

Our relationship with AI: fiend of foe?

Developed in conjunction with Milltown Partners, this report explores overall attitudes to technology and AI, the perceived benefits and risks of AI, as well as respondents' support for different regulatory approaches to AI and their confidence in the likelihood of those approaches succeeding.

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‘AI system’ = any software?

The new EU regulation on artificial intelligence

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Inclusive Artificial Intelligence: a legal perspective

For users to be able to really make the most of a technology like AI, it is imperative that they are put in a position to use it in an informed way. By getting to know the potential outcome (and even the flows in the reasoning) of AI, the user can foresee the consequences of its use.

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All Eyes on AI – Australian government launches Australia's first AI action plan

Four areas of focus identified

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Latest podcast

Artificial Intelligence, a question of liability?

What liability standards will the EU Commission apply to artificial intelligence in the future? And what will AI manufacturers and companies using artificial intelligence have to deal with in terms of liability law? Counsel Jan Conrady and senior associate Eva Lange discuss these topics and more in the third episode of the Clifford Chance podcast series "Talking Tech - AI" with journalist Pia Lorenz. There is one thing the two lawyers agree on: Without regulated liability, there will be no broad acceptance for the use of complex AI systems. [In German]

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The metaverse – legal and economic perspectives on a growing industry - Frankfurt |19 October 2022 | 16:30-18:30,

Members of our Clifford Chance Tech Group, together with Prof David Wuttke from the Technical University of Munich and Thomas Richter, in-house legal counsel technology at Deutsche Bank, will be available to provide you with a glimpse into some of the technological, commercial, and legal challenges the metaverse will bring.

Take your first steps in the metaverse: You will have the opportunity to try out various access options on site, such as a virtual reality headset.

We look forward to seeing you at our Frankfurt office!

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