I2SC Lecture Series (Recording): Christoph Sorge (Computer Science, Saarland University), Legal Aspects of Artificial Intelligence: Balancing Privacy and Utility

Date: May 31, 2024

Abstract: The regulation of artificial intelligence poses new challenges for the law. For example, personal data is subject to data protection law even though the impact of the data processing might appear insignificant in many cases. In particular, this may apply to machine learning applications, which often use personal data of millions of different people.

The European Union is currently changing the legal framework for data processing. How will this framework affect the development of AI systems, the gathering of personal data for training purposes, and the application of trained models? Is the privacy of individuals still guaranteed - and if so, is data protection hindering technical progress?  The lecture will provide an overview of current developments and analyse them from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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