Marchant on Soft Law and Artificial Intelligence

Faculty Director Gary Marchant recently wrote on approaches to the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) for UCLA School of Law’s new AI Pulse project. Marchant’s article, “Soft Law” Governance of Artificial Intelligence, takes a look at calls for traditional governmental regulation of AI, and where such an approach is unsuitable for AI technology and development. Marchant instead proposes […]

Blockchain on the Cover of Arizona Attorney Magazine

LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant, Bryce Suzuki (Bryan Cave) and Todd Taylor (ASU Blockchain Research Lab) published the featured article on blockchain and the practice of law in this month’s Arizona Attorney Magazine. The article, Blockchain: How It Will Change Your Practice of Law, explains the ins and outs of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and other applications for this emerging technology. The […]

A New Model for Governance of Emerging Technologies

Faculty Director Gary Marchant and Faculty Fellow Yvonne Stevens have published a law review article that proposes a new model for governing emerging technologies that is based on the concept of resilience. Current efforts to govern emerging technologies like synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology involve a mix of ex ante strategies such as risk […]