Artificial Intelligence

By leveraging data and cognitive science tools such as machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, DWT's AI clients are deploying a new generation of technology at the forefront of another industrial revolution, to generate text, images, and other content, automate systems, enhance processes, and predict outcomes. These clients depend on DWT's market-leading AI team members to provide counsel on compliance with regulations, help establish governance frameworks, and assist in structuring and negotiating critical licensing arrangements. Our clients run the gamut from global market leaders such as Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and PACCAR, to AI research and development organizations like the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), to AI-focused startups, and everything in between.

We advise clients on the cutting edge of AI technologies and systems.

DWT's AI team members provide strategic guidance to clients deploying AI technologies and systems such as computer vision, natural language processing, predictive analytics, and robotics, to deliver innovative new services. Our multidisciplinary team includes attorneys from a broad spectrum of practice groups, including technology transactions, privacy and security, intellectual property, media, communications, labor/employment, litigation, public policy, and regulatory groups. Leveraging our diverse expertise, we work closely with clients to secure rights, mitigate risk, and navigate evolving legal frameworks.

We navigate legal and regulatory hurdles and unpack ethical considerations.

Through our multidisciplinary approach, DWT's AI team provides clients with advice and counsel on the novel issues presented by AI/ML technology and systems, including the drafting and negotiation of agreements related to the creation, ownership, use, and licensing of data derived from the IoT, edge computing, and AI systems; regulatory considerations for deploying bots and virtual personal assistants; IP and policy challenges of deploying autonomous systems and predictive analytics; and legal and ethical risks arising from the deployment of facial recognition technology and other biometric-based applications.

We help companies at all stages of their AI development and implementation lifecycle.

From helping register and defend critical AI systems and innovations, to advising on risk avoidance, negotiating critical commercial transactions and advising on financing and other corporate transactions, DWT's AI team helps AI companies through all stages of their lifecycles. Our multidisciplinary team helps our AI clients navigate their most challenging issues.