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Data, Privacy, And the Future of Artificial Intelligence

By Michael G. McLaughlin, Associate, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Data privacy and protection have become both central and increasingly restrictive for businesses in the
United States and Europe. At the same time, innovators at the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
research are continuously seeking more and better datasets to develop breakthrough technologies to
solve the most challenging problems facing humanity. However, with the expanding data privacy
regulatory landscape, Western technology companies more and more find themselves at a disadvantage
to their Chinese counterparts, whose authoritarian goals and ethics stand in stark contrast with those of
the democratic states.

Nearly every person on Earth has a unique digital fingerprint. This fingerprint identifies us through
innumerable datapoints and becomes more detailed through each interaction we have with the
inescapable technology that surrounds us. From the mobile devices and smart-watches we carry and
wear, to the social media profiles and accounts we log into for work and leisure, to the cars we drive and
the things we buy—the amount of digital exhaust we create every day is staggering.

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