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Hollywood Law Summit Addresses AI Risks and Rewards
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In Short: The inaugural L.A. Law Summit, hosted by Deadline, concluded with a panel discussion on the legal implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in Hollywood.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Dario Amoedi, CEO of Anthropic, addressed the United Nations the same day, discussing the broader risks and rewards of AI.
The summit, sponsored by several prominent law firms, also honored Nina Shaw and Patricia Glaser for their contributions to the legal field.
Separately, the United States and China agreed to establish a formal dialogue on AI, aiming to address rapid advancements and potential risks.
The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will include discussions on AI, amid concerns about the potential for rivalry to hinder cooperation.
The summit may seek limited areas of cooperation, such as setting general safety principles and opening channels of communication about AI-related cyber incidents.
What this adds
The summit's discussions underscore the complex legal and ethical challenges posed by AI in the entertainment industry.
What's confirmed
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Dario Amoedi, CEO of Anthropic, addressed the United Nations the same day, discussing the broader risks and rewards of AI.
- The summit, sponsored by several prominent law firms, also honored Nina Shaw and Patricia Glaser for their contributions to the legal field.
- Separately, the United States and China agreed to establish a formal dialogue on AI, aiming to address rapid advancements and potential risks.
- The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will include discussions on AI, amid concerns about the potential for rivalry to hinder cooperation.
- The summit may seek limited areas of cooperation, such as setting general safety principles and opening channels of communication about AI-related cyber incidents.
What's still developing
- Law Summit What’s The Biggest IP Challenge Creators Face; ‘Power’ & ‘Nemesis’ EP Says “Protect The Chain Of Custody” As Brandt mentioned the power of existing law with the likes of the relatively untested he Matthew McConaughey trademarks, Levin addressed the big question of how to engage with the power of OpenAI (which easily could buy a studio any day) on deepfakes, copyright trolling and everything else that is getting hover up into the data centers.
- As OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amoedi speak to the United Nations today about the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, the Hollywood angle on the tech was the closing panel of the packed gathering of lawyers, talent, agents and producers at Deadline’s inaugural L.A.
- Law’s AI: Navigating the Realities & Possibilities of Digital Hollywood panel here: Getting into the whack-a-mole of it all, and beyond the cease-and-desist letters to platforms, Weiner spoke about the role advertising statutes “across the country” can play in protecting clients, their images and work.
- Law Summit was sponsored by Blank Rome LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Greenberg Glusker LLP, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang LLP, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP, and Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP.
- Law Summit Photo Gallery: A Packed House Of Power Players, Honorees & More Comments On Deadline Hollywood are monitored.
- "We just had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade and AI, completing where we left off in Beijing," Bessent said at JPMorgan's headquarters in New York, where the two delegations held talks before the summit.
- The agreement comes as technology leaders warn that rapid advances in AI could create serious risks if research continues without adequate safeguards.
- OpenAI has disclosed six new incidents of “unexpected or concerning” behavior by its artificial intelligence models.
- These interventions have helped drive growing public attention to the issue ahead of a summit next week between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that will be clouded by questions over whether rivalry between the superpowers could prevent cooperation on the issue.
- The warnings from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and other industry leaders have centered in part on fears that AI intelligence has grown faster than the industry’s ability to catch instances of rogue behavior.
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- President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in Washington, where technology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and rare earth metals are described as central to strategic competition between Washington and Beijing.