ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nathalie A. Smuha

Dr Nathalie A. Smuha is Emile Noël Fellow at NYU School of Law and Assistant Professor at KU Leuven Faculty of Law, focusing on the intersection of law, philosophy and technology. Her research covers EU and international law, and examines how AI’s impact on human rights, democracy and the rule of law can be regulated.

POSTS BY Nathalie A. Smuha

15 November 2023

Nathalie A. Smuha

Biden, Bletchley, and the emerging international law of AI

Everyone talks about AI at the moment. Biden issues an Executive Order while the EU hammers out its AI Act, and world and tech leaders meet in the UK to discuss AI. The significance of Biden’s Executive Order can therefore only be understood when taking a step back and considering the growing global AI regulatory landscape. In this blogpost, I argue that an international law of AI is slowly starting to emerge, pushing countries to adopt their own position on this technology in the international regulatory arena, before others do so for them. Biden’s Executive Order should hence be read with exactly this purpose in mind. Continue reading >>