New Law Firm Tackles AI Liability Posted on : Mar 21 - 2020

If you’re not concerned about the potential legal liability from using AI, then you’re not paying attention. That’s the message from Andrew Burt, one of the founders of BNH.ai, a boutique law firm that’s dedicated to advising clients on the legal pitfalls of embracing AI.

BNH.ai has been up and running for just over a month. But today is its official launch day for the Washington D.C. law firm, which was co-founded by Burt, the chief legal counsel for Immuta, and Patrick Hall, the head of product for H2O.ai. Both will continue in their existing roles at Immuta and H2O while growing their new law firm.

According to Burt, BNH.ai’s primary mission is to help organizations investing in AI to understand, avoid, detect, and respond to all the different types of liabilities that can arise form AI.

“We’ve been watching this and it’s very clear that the liabilities associated with AI are growing,” “Some of these are liabilities that companies are sitting on today and don’t fully realize. And a lot of these liabilities will [generate] some headlines, like an AI incident, and they will need help responding.”

AI liabilities fall into three broad buckets, including fairness, privacy, and security, Burt says. Organizations whose AI hurts or damages others may be held to account through regulatory actions (such as fines), through lawsuits (including class action lawsuits), and through reputational harm in the marketplace. View More