EU Law Big Data and Artificial Intelligence applications seminar

This seminar, taught in English, pursues two main objectives. First, it outlines and comments on the main issues (political, social, economic and legal) related to big data and new technologies, in particular Artificial Intelligence (AI), in the EU’s legal order. Second, it critically assesses the main regulatory approaches followed by the EU legislature, on points affecting data processing and data protection, as well as the standards imposed on designers and users of data powered technologies (such as AI).

In achieving these objectives, the students will acquire in-depth knowledge of the issues raised by the Big Data phenomenon (and the technologies having emerged as a result), of the advantages and shortcomings of the regulatory solutions given and gain valuable insights into the future application of the EU’s regulatory framework relating to AI.

The seminar is structured around four main themes:

Chapter 1: Defining the objectives of the EU’s AI regulation

Chapter 2: The template for the EU’s AI regulation: the GDPR and its progeny

Chapter 3: The reality of AI use: what topical examples of Ai risks and existing court practice can teach us about the future application of the AI Act

Chapter 4: Judicial redress in cases of harm occasioned by AI systems.