Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Understanding the Technology, Challenges, and Legal Implications

Mia Rendar | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Mia Rendar is a thoughtful technology and business process transactions advisor who focuses a substantial portion of her practice on technology and outsourcing engagements.

With in-depth experience negotiating SaaS deals, cryptocurrency platform implementation, and integration of artificial intelligence technologies, Mia has had the opportunity to support global leaders in the finance, retail, startup and health care sectors. She has also advised clients on multinational IT and business processes, facilities management and managed network services, logistics and fulfillment deals, systems integration, and software licensing arrangements.

Mia is a key member of Pillsbury’s cloud team and supports clients as they enter into contracts with major cloud providers, plan strategic cloud migrations and go to market with cloud-based products. Mia has advised global companies moving to cloud-based critical services, as well as technology-focused clients engaging with cloud providers on migrating on-premise service offerings to cloud-based solutions. She has also helped first-time cloud users scope financial commitments and migration goals across multiple cloud providers. With her extensive experience in cloud technology, Mia provides critical guidance to her clients, ensuring successful cloud initiatives that meet their business goals.

Mia has emerged as a leader in AI-related negotiations and risk mitigation strategies. She has successfully negotiated with major cloud and AI service providers, addressing specific risks faced by large, regulated institutions when utilizing AI products. Her work includes crafting agreements with cutting-edge AI companies and assisting clients in navigating the complex risk landscape surrounding generative AI from both governance and procurement perspectives.

Mia’s experience extends to providing targeted training sessions and helping clients understand the nuances of AI technology. Her deep knowledge of SaaS and cloud vendors has positioned her at the forefront of AI negotiations, allowing her to offer valuable insights into the evolving legal and technological landscape. By combining her understanding of cloud technologies with AI-specific considerations, Mia provides comprehensive guidance to clients, ensuring their AI initiatives align with business goals while effectively managing associated risks.

David Reed | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

David Reed is an experienced commercial and technology transactions advisor with prior in-house legal experience at Amazon.

As corporate counsel for Amazon Business, David served as a strategic business partner to sales and professional services teams where he developed strategies to address legal issues in creative, businesscentric ways and built scalable processes that addressed risk. He has in-depth experience negotiating a wide variety of technology-related transactions including procurement agreements, professional services arrangements, cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, technology integration agreements, software licensing contracts and other related corporate transactions.

Prior to his role with Amazon Business, David worked as a corporate associate at a global law firm in New York where he represented public and private companies across multiple industries on a broad range of corporate transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions, life sciences transactions and general corporate matters.

I. Essentials of AI and machine learning | 1:00pm – 1:20pm

• Synopsis of AI and ML: Definitions, capabilities, and limitations
• How AI is being integrated across industries (finance, healthcare, legal, etc.)
• How are lawyers using AI

II. Regulatory and compliance landscape | 1:20pm – 1:40pm

• Synopsis of U.S. federal and international AI regulations (EU AI Act, U.S. executive orders, etc.)
• Current and proposed state-level regulations affecting AI development and deployment
• Sector-specific compliance challenges in AI adoption

III. Intellectual property considerations for AI and ML | 1:40pm – 2:00pm

• Current litigation landscape
• Copyright issues: Synopsis of AI-generated content and fair use considerations
• Special trade secret issues

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

IV. Best practices for AI adoption and governance | 2:10pm – 2:40pm

• General AI governance review
• Key questions to ask when evaluating AI use in business operations
• Due diligence considerations for AI vendors and third-party technologies
• Strategies for mitigating legal and reputational risks associated with AI; including contracting

V. Key issues in contracting for AI | 2:40pm – 3:10pm

• What to expect when buying an AI service
• IP ownership
• Vendor Indemnities
• Customer indemnities
• Qualitative and quantitative performance metrics
• Use restrictions
• Pricing an AI service; hidden costs of AI
• Provisions to revisit in your existing contracts