Natasha Allen Joins World Intellectual Property Organization’s Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies

Foley & Lardner LLP partner Natasha Allen presented on the panel, “Can regulation keep up? Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape,” at the 9^th annual Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies.

Hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the overall theme of this year’s conference was “Training the machines: Bytes, rights, and the copyright conundrum.”

Allen joined leading international thought leaders to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, offering an assessment of the United States’ approach to regulation.

“In 2023 at least 25 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico introduced AI bills,” said Allen, who is co-chair of Foley’s AI team. “But a lot of what has happened so far in the United States is not necessarily legislation. It is more guidance from the federal government in terms of how to conduct and navigate with AI technology.”

Allen added that early voluntary commitments from the domestic technology industry to ensure the transparency of AI systems will have to adapt to the quickly evolving regulatory landscape (both at the state and federal level) in the United States.

The World Intellectual Property Organization is the United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.

To view a recording of the panel, click here.