KDEC 9605 - Global AI Regulation

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been developing with enormous speed, transforming many parts of life. This bears the potential of quicker, smarter, and more inclusionary products and services. At the same time, any groundbreaking technical development is poised to bring about new institutions, novel social interactions, societal change, and, ultimately, new ways of life. This course explores regulatory reactions to AI. It takes a global approach, introducing students to both, U.S., and EU law. In the first part of the class, we will gain an understanding of core EU legislation such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Consumer Protection Laws, as well as the 2024 AI Act. For the US, we will focus on sectoral and state initiatives in the AI arena. The second part of the class concludes with two in-depth explorations of current AI use cases : AI-credit scoring and personalized pricing.

We will start with the basics, so interest in a learning experience is key. Those who have taken a privacy law course might find this class a suitable follow-up. The same is true for those who have taken Beatriz Botero-Arcila’s course on European « AI and Data Law » and wish to gain a comparative angle with the U.S.

Seminar-style: some lecture, much discussion.

Oral participation accounts for 20% of the grade.

Weekly posts on this course’s moodle account for 40% of the grade. Prior to each class (except for session no. 1), please review the news for regulatory initiatives targeting AI, or stories that, in your opinion, suggest a need for regulation. Post a link, a concise summary, and a thumbs up or down as to need for regulation (two to three sentences). Be prepared to present what you have chosen. We will start each class with two to three posts.

Use case group presentations account for 40% of the grade. The last three sessions are devoted to group presentations. Students are encouraged to build groups and present a potential use case for AI, discuss risks and challenges, and propose how the law/policymakers could react.

I have below listed required and optional readings (they will be posted on moodle). Students are expected to work on weekly posts as explained above.