Impact Litigation for Safe AI

How can we use the courts to hold AI labs accountable? From chatbot suicides to autonomous AI agents, the legal questions surrounding artificial intelligence are being written in real time, and the courtroom may be where the most consequential answers emerge. Join Tyler Whitmer at the Berkman Klein Center for a conversation on impact litigation as a tool for AI safety. We will explore what public-interest lawyering looks like on the cutting edge of emerging technologies, and the next frontier of legal battles still waiting to be fought. Lunch will be provided and substantial time will be reserved for Q&A.

Part of the AI Governance Speaker Series co-sponsored by AISST and the HLS AI Law Association (AIA).

Speaker

Tyler Whitmer is the President & CEO of Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technologies (LASST) the first impact-litigation nonprofit dedicated to the safe development of artificial intelligence. He has been at the forefront of efforts to hold OpenAI accountable to its charitable mission, co-authoring open letters to the California and Delaware attorneys general that helped secure major concessions in OpenAI's restructuring, and recently authored an amicus brief in one of the first lawsuits around the proliferation of AI agents. Tyler started his career as a commercial litigator, spending over 15 years as an associate and then partner at Quinn Emanuel.