In this episode, Sophie Essien and Janhavi Mehta consider what the UK Online Safety Bill entails. The co-hosts are joined by Julia Hörnle, a Professor of Internet Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. This podcast will discuss the main aims of the Bill, what concerns remain unanswered and whether the Bill will prove to be an effective piece for regulating the online environment. 

UPDATE: 

Following the recording of this podcast, the Online Safety Bill has now been placed on hold until Members of Parliament return from their summer break and the UK's next Prime Minister takes their place. Follow these links to get more detail: 

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62158287
• https://www.ft.com/content/46252e7c-d369-4242-84fe-12bcc63cc67a 

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In this episode, Jyothi Karadi and Janhavi Mehta delve deeper into the concept of facial recognition technology (FRT). The co-hosts are joined by Samita Patel, Senior Director of the Privacy & Data Compliance Practice at Alvarez and Marsal. This podcast will discuss what FRT entails, the various advantages and disadvantages of FRT, and what measures can be put in place to limit some of the current concerns surrounding the use of FRT.  

For more information:  

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/facial-recognition-misidentify-jail.html 
• https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2022/05/ico-fines-facial-recognition-database-company-clearview-ai-inc/ 
• https://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2019/01/24/AIES-19_paper_223.pdf 

Despite the familiarity with the term “NFTs”, confusion could arise when attempting to understand how IP rights play out in the NFT space. In this episode, Sophie Essien and Jyothi Karadi sit down with Sophie Goossens and Nick Breen — IP experts and partners at Reed Smith. Together they demystify the IP issues and concerns surrounding NFTs and shed light on things to think about when looking to sell NFTs.

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The conversation surrounding Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is one we come across often. Interestingly, not many people understand what the craze about this acronym is. This is a beginner friendly guide to what NFTs are and its connection with blockchain technology. In this episode, Jyothi Karadi and Sophie Essien converse with a blockchain developer and co-founder of iDefendo - Peter Jidesten, about the basics of NFTs. They have an interesting and enriching conversation about what NFTs and cryptocurrencies are and the workings of the NFT ecosystem.

Watch out for the next episode where the IP issues concerning NFTs would be demystified.

For more information:

Blockchain technologies and IP ecosystems: A WIPO white paper

https://www.wipo.int/cws/en/blockchain-and-ip.html 

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In the second episode of our AI in Cars series, Dhanyasri Talluri interviews Mr. Rajinder Singh, and expert in Data Protection and Cyber Security from India about the various aspects of data protection, hacking and even insuring against such activities. 


For more information do check out the following links!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364921000030 

https://www.lifewire.com/how-self-driving-cars-can-be-hacked-5114337 

https://www.iusinitinere.it/autonomous-vehicles-vs-the-principles-of-data-protection-law-23645 

https://iapp.org/media/pdf/resource_center/Privacy_and_Connected_Vehicles.pdf 

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In this episode, Priyal Jain interviews Mr. Ashok Ramkumar, an expert in AI. They have an enriching conversation on the uses and effects of AI in modern warfare and its ethicality.  

Be sure to check out our next episode, the second part of AI in Cars.

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In this episode, Priyal Jain interviews Mr. Ashok Ramkumar, an expert in AI. They have an enriching conversation on the uses and effects of AI in modern warfare and its ethicality.  

Be sure to check out our next episode, the second part of AI in Cars.

Show notes
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This Minimal Technology | Royalty Free Music - Pixabay 

In this episode, Dhanyasri Talluri speaks about what self driving cars are, why we need regulations and what sort of regulations are there in place for it.

Be sure to tune into Part 2 in March!

Check out the show notes here!
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Check out the links for more information!

https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/automated-vehicles/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-12-14/zoox-autox-pony-ai-execs-on-self-driving-cars-video 

https://theconversation.com/whos-to-blame-when-a-self-driving-car-has-an-accident-150941 

https://www.just-auto.com/features/how-is-ai-impacting-the-automotive-industry/ 

https://www.lifewire.com/are-self-driving-cars-legal-4587765 

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In today’s episode, Janhavi Mehta and Sophie Essien discuss the concept of the Metaverse: what it is, how it will work, what to expect, and our thoughts on the benefits and limitations that the implementation of the Metaverse will have within society. 

Watch Frances Haugen speaking to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=djcrJQ26tyg
Watch Meta’s explanation of the Metaverse at Connect 2021- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvufun6xer8 

In this episode, Amber Boothe and Richard Marcil, the Chief Customer Officer of Conversation Health, discuss conversational artificial intelligence: the type of AI that talks back to you. Specifically, systems built on huge amounts of data, machine learning, and natural language processing that create the experience of real conversation.  

Conversation Health is a company taking conversational AI and applying it to Life Sciences. It’s the kind of AI that can give patients advice on how to take their medication and what to do if they’ve too much or too little.