Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) & machine learning (ML) are reinventing operations and upending business models across industries. With business and government around the world pivoting toward AI, the one certainty is that fascinating and revolutionary change is on the way.

Akin’s AI/ML team advises our clients on existing and emerging legal, policy and regulatory issues triggered by AI/ML platforms and tools, including generative AI, quantum computing, deep learning/neural networks and cognitive computing, all of which provide the foundation for machines to imitate human intelligence and capabilities. Among many other high-profile matters, Akin recently represented OpenAI in its multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment from Microsoft.

We have professionals and lawyers on the ground, in the world’s key financial and innovative centers in the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, assisting clients on the responsible development and deployment of AI (including generative AI) & ML platforms. We also closely track the evolving legislation, regulation and legal proceedings applicable to AI & ML.

Broad Client Base

Our clients include highly sought-after innovators at the forefront of generative AI, as well as businesses that operationalize related state-of-the-art and pioneering technologies such as computer vision, speech recognition, data analytics, drug discovery and autonomous systems. In addition, we represent professional investors in these areas.

With a broad international client base, Akin’s global AI/ML team advises companies and organizations spanning an array of sectors, including:

Banks and other financial institutions
Fortune 500 companies
The leading tech platforms and companies
Governmental agencies and officials
Investment management firms, including private equity and hedge funds, venture capital and sovereign wealth funds
Manufacturers of AI/ML applications, platforms and technologies
Life sciences and biotechnology innovators
Multinational conglomerates
Satellite, health care and automotive technology companies
Start-up and early-stage companies.

Industry Leaders

Akin’s AI/ML lawyers are industry-leading practitioners widely recognized for their cutting-edge practices. We have former members of Congress and other lawyers and professionals with considerable public and private sector experience.

Our team includes the former Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (Science Committee), who was the first member of Congress to hold a hearing on AI; former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); former Chief Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY); and lawyers named among California’s Top Cyber/Artificial Intelligence Lawyers and Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Europe Women in Business Law Award, among many other distinctions.

Depth of Experience

Akin has a multidisciplinary team of AI/ML lawyers and advisors with deep industry intelligence and experience. We advise on the responsible development and deployment of these technologies with a careful eye on regularly compliance, intellectual property management and litigation risk management and prevention.

From assessing the value and risks of AI/ML technologies to the financing and implementation of those technologies, our team guides clients through AI/ML-related deals, regulations, disputes & investigations. Akin’s AI/ML lawyers have a great depth of practice, including experience providing counsel on:

Antitrust & International Competition
Confidentiality and the Protection of Proprietary Information
Corporate & Finance Transactions and Investments
Crisis Management
Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection
Energy & Infrastructure
Environment & Natural Resources
Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Foreign Investment & National Security
Government Contracts
Health Care & FDA Regulations
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Investment Management
Litigation, Class Actions & International Arbitration
Lobbying & Public Policy
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
S./EU/U.K. Regulatory, Compliance & Risk Management
State Attorneys General
White Collar Defense & Government Investigations.

Spotlight on Regulatory, Compliance & Risk Management

Akin advises a wide range of individuals, companies and investors in various compliance, regulatory and risk management matters, including the representation of:

Boards of directors
CEOs and company officers, including compliance, information, knowledge management, innovation and technology officers
General counsel and legal teams
State and federal officials
Investment advisers and funds, including fund founders, principals and managers.

In addition, we provide counsel on corporate policies and controls to protect against the dissemination of trade secrets and proprietary information/data. Further, we advise on AI governance structures such as AI risk committees and internal task forces around the use of AI in investments, internal operational efficiencies and applicable governance structures and risks.

AI Law & Regulation Tracker

The growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is transforming operations and reinventing business models across every industry. Governments, industry leaders, lawmakers and others are engaged in continuous efforts to develop new standards and adapt existing legal frameworks to meet the challenges of these revolutionary technologies and the people affected by them.

Akin's AI Law & Regulation Tracker curates key global coverage of the latest AI & ML developments to keep you informed about policy, law and other events shaping the industry. Visit here.