Baked-In Bias: Practical steps to avoiding the hidden risks of AI

Gregory Szewczyk | Ballard Spahr

Greg Szewczyk is a partner in Ballard Spahr’s Denver and Boulder offices and a Practice Co-Leader of the Privacy and Data Security Group. Greg leverages over a decade of high stakes litigation experience to advise companies on how to assess risk and comply with the ever-expanding patchwork of state, federal, and international privacy and data security statutes and regulations.

Greg helps companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500s to start ups, build and maintain their privacy and data security programs. He has advised hundreds of companies on various compliance issues—from cutting edge technological issues to vendor management to routine data processing matters that arise in day-to-day business. Greg also advises clients in connection with corporate transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. He has coached dozens of clients through data security incidents, including negotiating with international, federal, and state regulators.

I. General legal landscape for AI regulation under existing privacy laws, White House initiatives, NIST standards, and the proposed EU AI Act | 12:00pm – 12:20pm

II. Risks associated with AI, including the sources of risks such as bias | 12:20pm – 12:40pm

III. Imperial evidence on such bias and mitigating steps | 12:40pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

IV. How bills such as SB 5351 would regulate those risks | 1:10pm – 1:25pm

V. Practical suggestions on how companies can mitigate risks and stay ahead of the changing legal landscape | 1:25pm – 1:40pm