Artificial Intelligence: Crime, Security and International Regulation
NYU Law and the NYU Center for Cybersecurity hosted a conference on AI Crime, Security & International Regulation on November 9. This conference considered both the opportunities and risks of AI in crime, national security, and international regulation. Senior government, industry, and civil society speakers will discuss tools and capabilities of AI in law enforcement and national security and the civil liberties concerns with its use. The keynote will focus on international AI regulation, with a panel of AI law and policy experts to follow.
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8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Networking, Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Randal Milch, Co-Chair, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; Professor of Practice, NYU School of Law
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Panel 1 – AI Crimes and Crime Fighting
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyArRgR4NYs
(1.5 CLE Credits Available)*
How has, and will, AI enable criminal endeavors? What tools and capabilities does AI supply to law enforcement for investigating and prosecuting complex criminal investigations? What are the civil liberties concerns on this new battlefront and how do they affect the way these tools may be used?
Ian Gray, VP of Cyber Threat Intelligence Operations, Flashpoint
Will McKeen, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoan Ton-That, CEO and Co-Founder, Clearview AI
Kyle Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Department of Justice
Moderated by Leonard Bailey, Special Counsel for National Security/Head of Cybersecurity Unit, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m
Coffee and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Panel 2 – AI and National Security: New Frontiers
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi9-vcL2kQ
(1.5 CLE Credits Available)*
How has AI changed the national security landscape? What issues arise from AI enabled intelligence gathering, surveillance, and offensive and defensive cyber operations?
Jacqueline Acker, Deputy Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Central Intelligence Agency
John Costello, Principal, WestExec Advisors; Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program, CNAS
Jonathan Fischbach, Associate Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
Rebecca Ulam Weiner, Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, New York City Police Department
Moderated by Samuel Rascoff, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Faculty Director, Reiss Center on Law and Security
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Keynote Address
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JKDbFyFCKc
International AI Regulation
Thomas Schneider, Ambassador and Director of International Relations, Swiss Federal Office of Communication; Chair of Council of Europe Committee on AI
12:45 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Networking Lunch
A box lunch will be available for all participants.
1:10 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Keynote Fireside Chat
A Closer Look at the EU AI Act
Kai Zenner, Head of Office & Digital Policy Adviser to Axel Voss, Member of European Parliament
Natalie Tecimer, Fellow, NYU Center for Cybersecurity
1:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Panel 3 – The Global Race to Regulate AI
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6tm4n6eZI
(1.5 CLE Credits Available)*
Amid domestic U.S. chatter about AI regulation, Europe has moved steadily forward to regulate AI tech in ways that will have global impact. What are the goals of EU regulation of AI? What is the current status of regulatory efforts in the US? What is the regulatory and business impact in the U.S. and worldwide?
Kate McKenzie, Senior Counsel, Office of Privacy and Civil
Liberties, U.S. Department of Justice
Nubiaa Shabaka, Global Chief Cyber Legal and Privacy Officer, Adobe
Alexander Southwell, Partner, Gibson Dunn
Moderated by Judith Germano, Distinguished Fellow, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; founder and lead counsel, GermanoLaw LLC
2:55 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Randal Milch, Co-Chair, NYU Center for Cybersecurity; Professor of Practice, NYU School of Law
*For each panel, 0.5 credits in cybersecurity-general and 1 credit in professional practice is available.
This meeting will follow a hybrid format. Continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided for all in-person attendees.
This event has been approved for 4.5 New York State CLE credits.
CLE Reading Materials:
Panel 1 on AI and Crime
- Garbage In, Garbage Out: Facial Recognition on Flawed Data–Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology
- State v. Arteaga, 476 N.J. Super. 36, 296 A.3d 542 (App. Div. 2023) 9 (Attached as PDF)
- AI and Cybercrime Unleash a New Era of Menacing Threats–Forbes
Panel 2 on AI and National Security
- Addressing the National Security Implications of AI–Center for Strategic and International Studies
- The Centaur’s Dilemma(Chapter 1)–James E. Baker
- What ChatGPT Can and Can’t Do for Intelligence–Lawfareh
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning in armed conflict–ICRC
- Command Accountability for AI Weapon Systems in the Law of Armed Conflict–US Naval War College
Panel 3 on AI Regulation
- How governments are looking to regulate AI–Economist Intelligence Unit
- A Comparative Perspective on AI Regulation–Lawfare
- EU AI Act documents
- Analyzing the European Union AI Act–Stanford HAI
- Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence Working Draft
- Biden-Harris Administration Voluntary Commitments for AI Safety
- U.S. Executive Order 13960
- U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- The Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine and AI regulation–Brookings.
- Biden to sign executive order regulating AI use in federal government