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RECORDING: Lean in on Generative AI: Latest Trends and Developments

When
August 22, 2024
12:00 - 1:30 PM EST

Where
Online

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The advent of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has revolutionized content development and infiltrated various industries. Gen AI engines use large language models (LLM) created by ‘reading’ digital content, such as images, text, and audio files, and detecting patterns and relationships therein. While generative AI technologies have emerged as powerful, innovative tools, there has been a solid backlash from the creative community and copyright holders about using their works as Gen AI training data without permission. Copyright holders have reverted to litigation, leaving the courts to wrestle with the legal difficulty of whether using unlicensed copyrighted works as AI training material constitutes copyright infringement. Meanwhile, the AI community is trending toward developing open-source AI models and smaller, focus-driven models. Training data for these AI models are specifically curated. 

Join us to hear from our panel of experts for a discussion on AI technology and the next generation evolution in the AI content generator realm.

This panel presentation will address:

  • How open-source AI models are being engineered/generated
  • Legal risks involved with leveraging generative AI systems
  • The rise of GenAI copyright traps
  • GenAI governance, compliance, and management challenges
  • Advantages of scalable, domain-driven AI models
  • Risks and benefits of widespread use of generative AI source code in the open-source software domain
  • Open source vs. proprietary LLMs
  • Navigating the curation of specific focus training data sets in the face of copyright protected data
     

SPEAKERS

Steve Kurlowecz, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel at Kyndryl

Steve Kurlowecz is the Chief IP Counsel for Kyndryl, Inc., the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider.  He over sees all aspects of intellectual property protection and IP risk management for the company.  From 2003 until 2021, Steve served as Senior IP Counsel for IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive So-lutions business units, responsible for intellectual property protection for their products and services business; including developing and implementing IP asset management strategies, software product clearance, adverse IP assertion investigations, source code licensing and M&A activities and providing guidance on software matters to IBM’s world-wide IP group. 

Steve is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and earned a Master's in Computer Science from Boston University as well as a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Framingham (MA) State College.
 

Leslie Long, Intellectual Property Counsel at Dassault Systèmes– Americas

Leslie Long is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel – Americas for Dassault Systèmes. He advises on transactional matters relating to commercial licensing agreements, involvement in consortia, customer inquiries, and open source matters. He specializes in advising on complex open source matters, application of open source licenses to new business models, and compliance with OpenChain specifications and cybersecurity requirements proposed in the United States and European Union. He has experience in due diligence of acquisitions, data rights, and assessment of machine learning/artificial intelligence technologies. Previously, Les worked in intellectual property licensing and technology assessment at the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Maryland College Park, specializing in software licensing matters. He has a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and B.A. in Computer Science from Texas State University.

Mary Lou Wakimura, Principal and Chair of the Board of Directors at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

For over 35 years, Mary Lou has assisted clients with patent preparation and prosecution, copyright registration, and portfolio management. She has particular experience with computer-related technologies and systems relating to imaging, video applications, mobile applications, machine learning, various platforms (cloud based, SaaS), virtual currency, solid modeling, simulations and mathematical models. Mary Lou’s expertise spans medical systems, bio/chemical analyses and processing, bioinformatics and medical diagnostics, and alternative energy. Additionally, her patenting expertise includes social networks, associated operations, and electro-mechanical matters, with and without a software component.

Giovanna Fessenden-Fairbank, Counsel and Digital IP Specialist at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

Giovanna is a computer scientist, intellectual property attorney, and blockchain specialist with 20+ years of experience advising high-tech companies and startups in software patents, software product development, licensing, open source software, trademark branding, post-grant patent challenges, litigation, and intellectual property strategy.  Giovanna’s legal practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property law with an emphasis on technologies related to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, blockchain, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), esports and gaming.