What in the World? The Privacy and AI Landscape South of the Border

An explosion of privacy, artificial intelligence and online safety laws in the states is colliding with a federal government fixated on deregulation. Free market innovation is crashing into national security and economic protectionism. AI salvation and AI doom are projected with equal confidence. 20th century laws are meeting 21st century technologies in the courtroom. It is a tale of two Americas, but not one that aligns with the dominant political narrative. The emerging landscape of digital regulation now ranks the U.S. among the most complex places to do business online, and what happens in the U.S. drives the global conversation. This session will provide Canadians a primer on the trends driving privacy, AI and online safety regulation in the U.S. We will also explore how those trends affect Canadian companies doing business in the U.S. and the impact U.S. tech policy is having on global regulation.

What you will learn:

• Key trends in privacy, AI and digital law and policy at the state and federal level.

• Practical considerations for Canadian companies approaching the U.S. market.

• The effect U.S. policy priorities are having on the direction of global policy.