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The Council of Europe Adopts the First-Ever International Treaty on Artificial Intelligence

by Giacomo Lusardi and Alessandra Faranda The Council of Europe adopted the first legally binding international framework convention aimed at ensuring respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the public and private sectors. The Convention will be open for signature from 5 September […]

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Il primo trattato internazionale sull’intelligenza artificiale: cosa prevede la convenzione quadro del Consiglio d’Europa

di Giacomo Lusardi e Alessandra Faranda Il Consiglio d’Europa ha adottato a Strasburgo la prima convenzione quadro internazionale giuridicamente vincolante volta a garantire il rispetto dei diritti umani, della democrazia e dello Stato di diritto nell’utilizzo dei sistemi di intelligenza artificiale nel settore pubblico e privato. Aperta alla firma dal prossimo 5 settembre, anche ai

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Assicurare l’imprevedibile: le polizze per il rischio IA

di Giacomo Lusardi e Karin Tayel L’intelligenza artificiale è intorno a noi ed è qui per restare L’intelligenza artificiale (IA) sta rapidamente permeando vari settori economici. Dai servizi finanziari e assicurativi al life science, passando per ambiti diversi come la vendita al dettaglio, l’industriale, l’immobiliare, il media e lo sport, l’IA sta rimodellando i paradigmi

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The Italian bill on Artificial Intelligence: The main issues

By Giacomo Lusardi and Alessandra Faranda Last April 23, the Italian Council of Ministers passed a bill (AI Bill) aimed at introducing some national Artificial Intelligence (AI) provisions. The main scope is to establish regulatory criteria for balancing the opportunities offered by new technologies with the risks associated with improper and harmful use, supplementing and

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Il disegno di legge italiano sull’intelligenza artificiale: i temi principali

di Giacomo Lusardi e Alessandra Faranda Lo scorso 23 aprile il Consiglio dei Ministri ha varato un disegno di legge (DDL) volto a introdurre disposizioni nazionali in materia di Intelligenza Artificiale (IA), anche tramite delega al Governo. L’obiettivo primario è di stabilire criteri normativi in grado di bilanciare le opportunità offerte dalle nuove tecnologie con

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Insuring the unpredictable: The challenges of AI risk insurability

By Giacomo Lusardi, Karin Tayel and Andrea Olivieri AI is all around us and it’s here to stay AI is rapidly permeating various economic sectors. From financial services and insurance to life sciences and encompassing industries as diverse as retail, industrials, real estate, media and sports. AI is reshaping traditional paradigms and marking a shift

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How Insurance Companies are Embracing Machine Learning according to IVASS survey

The Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority (“IVASS”) recently published the results of a survey conducted in 2022 on the use of Machine Learning (“ML”) algorithms by insurance companies in their relationship with insureds. The survey involved 93 companies and is part of a broader IVASS strategy aimed at analyzing the evolution and impact of Insurtech.

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Navigating the Open Insurance landscape: A legal perspective for 2023

OPEN INSURANCE: A DEFINITION Open Insurance is a way for insurance companies and other players in the insurance sector to share personal and non-personal data, usually via standardized and interoperable APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) (EIOPA, 2021). They can then use that data to create new products and services and improve existing ones. Open Insurance data

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The logistics services contract is now expressly regulated in the Italian Civil Code: the new Section 1677-bis

by Giacomo Lusardi and Nicoletta Iurilli The Italian rules on service contracts (appalto) have recently been supplemented with Section 1677-bis of the Italian Civil Code, introduced by Section 1, paragraph 819, Law No. 234 of December 30, 2021, and then replaced by Section 37-bis, Decree Law No. 36 of April 30, 2022, converted with amendments

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New Regulation on machinery products and the digital transition: Obligations for manufacturers, distributors, and importers

by Giacomo Lusardi and Arianna Angilletta On April 21, 2021, along with the proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and as part of the broader “Artificial Intelligence Package,” the European Commission issued the proposal for a Regulation on machinery products that will replace the Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC) currently in force. In our

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Milan Fashion Week and Fashion Law Trends: Digitalization is fashion – E-commerce and Big Data in the fashion industry

by Enila Elezi and Deborah Paracchini It’s not a new thing that the pandemic’s advent has radically changed our lives, affecting our buying habits, even our daily ones. First, the temporary closure of physical stores during the lockdown and the stringent prevention measures adopted by governments have led consumers to prefer online shopping experiences. We

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Milan Fashion Week and Fashion Law Trends: Is Metaverse the New Fashion Revolution for IP?

Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people, sometimes facilitated by the use of virtual and augmented reality devices, which would blur the barrier between online and offline.

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Commercial Practices: Legislative Decree no. 198/2021, implementing Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair commercial practices in the agri-food sector, has finally been published and is now in force in Italy

by Elena Varese and Federico Maria Di Vizio On November 30, 2021, the Legislative Decree no. 198/2021 (“Decree”) was published in the Italian Official Gazette, transposing, with some changes, the EU Directive 2019/633 (“Directive”) on unfair commercial practices in business-to-business relations in the agricultural and food supply chain. On an important, practical note, the Decree

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NFT: just another bubble or the next big revolution?

By Lara Mastrangelo and Valentina Mazza NFTs’ legal implications for the art, music and fashion industries Do you remember Magritte’s famous painting displaying a pipe with the wording “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”, or Duchamp’s irreverent readymades? Well, keep them in mind, as it is from that moment on that artists started questioning the relationship

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Legal risks and implications of hyper-realistic videogames

Although digital consumption was already rising before the Covid-19 outbreak, the pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated this trend. In this context, the gaming industry is one of the wealthiest of all entertainment industries, with revenues projected to reach $159.3 billion in 2020 by the Newzoo 2020 Global Games Market Report and experts don’t see growth taking

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