Stanford Law School AI Initiative
Stanford Law School AI Initiative
AI Initiative Speaker Series – The Emergence of AI Insurance and a New Incentive for Safer AI with Philip Dawson, Armilla: October 22
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAdvances in AI evaluation and assurance are helping to unlock underwriting of AI risk. As enterprises seek greater certainty in liability protection to enable AI adoption, insurance for AI risk […]
AI Initiative Speaker Series – Manage the Machine: Human AI Collaboration and Agentic Governance with Paula Goldman, Salesforce: October 29
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPaula Goldman, Salesforce’s Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, discusses frameworks for effective human-AI collaboration as autonomous AI agents become more prevalent in the enterprise. The session will explore governance structures, oversight mechanisms, and ethical guardrails needed to ensure agentic AI systems act reliably and responsibly. Irene Liu, Executive Director of the Stanford Law AI […]
AI Initiative Speaker Series – Building the AI Frontier: A View from Inside Amazon with David Zapolsky, Amazon: November 5
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMost AI conversations focus on frontier model companies. David Zapolsky, Amazon’s Chief Global Affairs and Legal Officer, offers a different perspective. As the leading infrastructure provider, Amazon trains frontier models and also powers enterprise AI through the cloud. Hear what AI progress looks like from a different vantage point, and where the technology is headed […]
AI Initiative Speaker Series – The AI-Native Law Firm: Hype, Reality, and What’s Next: November 12
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis panel brings together Ryan Daniels, co-founder and CEO of Crosby.AI, Alisa Hall, co-founder of Jackson Hall Strategies, and Chris Kercher, former partner at Quinn Emanuel and founding partner of Kercher Law, to examine the rise of the “AI-native” law firm. The discussion will separate hype from reality, exploring how AI tools are actually being […]
AI Initiative Speaker Series – How to Make AI Agents Obey the Law with Christina Knight and Stephanie Sharron: November 19
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Christina Knight, former Head of Scale AI – Security and Policy Research Lab, and Stephanie Sharron, Partner at Morrison & Foerster, to explore the legal and technical challenges of ensuring autonomous AI agents comply with the law. The session will examine liability questions, compliance frameworks, and practical strategies for building legally compliant agentic systems. […]