Trends in Regulating AI in the Creative Economy: New research from the CREATe Centre (University of Glasgow)

Event Details

This event, co-organised by BIICL and CREATe, the Centre for Regulation of the Creative Economy (University of Glasgow), explores the complex regulatory challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence in the Creative Economy.

Rapid AI developments are reshaping creative products and services, as well as the ways in which information is accessed and consumed. Foundational AI models - trained on vast amounts of personal data and creative content - are at the centre of current political debates on innovation, growth, and risk. The effects on consumers and society remain difficult to measure, raising pressing regulatory questions at the intersection of intellectual property, competition, information and technology law.

The event will bring together academics, regulators and policymakers, examining the role of the UK in shaping the regulation of AI in the Creative Economy in the light of new research.

The event is supported by the AHRC (CREATe Infrastructure grant: AH/Y007662/1), the UKRI Metascience programme (Metascience AI fellowship, Zihao Li: UKRI2603) and the ESRC (Smart Data Research fellowship, Bartolomeo Meletti: UKRI4014).

The event also will launch a new executive programme in AI Law and the Creative Economy, available for registration now.

The programme will be delivered as a postgraduate certificate by CREATe and BIICL, credited by the University of Glasgow. Courses are available as stand-alone units, over three block weekends (at BIICL's offices). Credits can be accumulated for progression to an LLM at the University of Glasgow.

Pricing and Registration

This event is free to attend but pre-registration is required.

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Chair

Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, Director of Teaching and Training and Arthur Watts Senior Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Speakers

• Prof. Lilian Edwards, Honorary Professor, CREATe, University of Glasgow and Newcastle University - Terms of Service of genAI providers: Empirical findings and a research agenda
• Prof. Kristofer Erickson, Professor of Social Data Science, CREATe, University of Glasgow -Empirical effects of opting-out: new data from DeviantArt
• Dr Zihao Li, Senior Lecturer in Technology Law, School of Law, CREATe, University of Glasgow - Data protection and privacy in AI-driven research (UKRI metascience AI fellowship)
• Bartolomeo Meletti, Director of Knowledge Exchange, CREATe, University of Glasgow - The use of creative and cultural data in AI research and development (R&D) (ESRC smart data research fellowship)
• Dr. Magali Eben, Senior Lecturer in Competition Law, School of Law, CREATe, University of Glasgow - Competition authorities' attempts to tackle the use of (publishers) content in AI training and output.
• Prof. Martin Kretschmer, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law & Prof. Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Theory, School of Culture & Creative Arts, CREATe, University of Glasgow - The interface between regulators: insights from an empirical study of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF)
• Chia Seiler, Strategy and Policy Director, Ofcom.