AI's legal implications run deep

Using artificial intelligence in work has myriad legal implications and consequences. What those are, exactly, remains a work in progress given how new the technology is, according to a leading intellectual property attorney. 

“It seems like the legal system has finally got its collective head around the internet generally and now (there’s) internet 2.0, the metaverse and AI," says Mark Nieds, chair of the intellectual property group at Fort Myers-based law firm Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt. "Technology is outpacing the speed of legal adoption.”

But Nieds is already seeing the risks of AI get real.